₹3.4 crore has already been received by them from Uttarakhand Government as part payment. "Modus operandi used by these Labs was that these labs used single mobile number/false mobile number/single address/ same Specimen Referral Form (SRF) for multiple persons for showing the inflated numbers of Covid testing without actually doing the testing." Investigation further revealed that testing was claimed to be done in the name of the persons, who never visited Kumbh Mela.
Due to false negative testing by these Labs, positivity rate of Haridwar at that time was shown at 0.18% against the actual 5.3%.
During the search proceedings, the ED has seized incriminating documents, bogus bills, Laptops, Mobile phones and property documents.