A local court in Sant Kabir Nagar has ordered registering of a case against ruling BJP MLA Rakesh Singh Baghel for submitting a forged Covid test report.
It has been reported that the MLA from Medhawal, in order to escape his presence in the court in a case, submitted a forged coronavirus positive report in October last.
Special MP/MLA Court Judge Deepkant Mani ordered registering of a case against the MLA and the Chief Medical Officer Har Govind Singh under Epidemic Diseases Act at Khalilabad Kotwali police station, sources said.
According to the reports confirmed on Saturday the BJP MLA was facing a trial in an old case of 2010 for damaging public property but he was not appearing in the court for the past four years. Recently, to escape the court’s directive, on October 9, 2020, the MLA submitted a Covid-19 test report which showed that he had tested positive for coronavirus infection and was in home isolation. But later the court found that the Covid test report was forged.