Forged negative RT-PCR certificates found to enter state at Kerala-Karnataka border

Mangaluru: Mangaluru Police have found people using forged RT-PCR negative certificates to enter Karnataka at the Kerala-Karnataka border.

As Kerala has a high positivity rate, Karnataka has made RT-PCR negative certificates mandatory for all who enter Karnataka from Kerala. Dakshina Kannada district administration has beefed up vigil on the border and conducts checking of the vehicles entering the district from Kerala.

On August 26, an Innova Car which tried to enter Mangaluru from Kasargod (Kerala) was stopped by the officials at the Talapady checkpost.

The officials who went through the documents in detail found that the RT-PCR documents (papers and the document on mobile) were forged.

The accused had used the RT-PCR certificate of others and forged it.

The accused are identified as Abdul Tameem (19), Haseen (31), Hadil (25), Ismail (48), and Kabeer (24). Of these Kabeer allegedly created the forged document.

In similar incidents, the police arrested Mohammed Sharif of Mangaluru and Abubakker of Kasargod today.

There are 17 checkposts in Karnataka-Kerala border at Dakshina Kannada. Checkpost at Talapady is one among them.