Action against UP policeman for claiming corona cure

Mathura (Uttar Pradesh), June 17 (IANS) A head constable in Mathura has been sent to the lines after he put out a video claiming to have found a cure for coronavirus.

In the video that went viral on the social media, the head constable Ram Sevak Yadav, who was deployed at the Govind Nagar police station, can be seen urging the government to give him an opportunity to cure the infection.

He said that he had been directed by Lord Krishna to cure corona.

“I will save every person who has been infected by the disease. If I cannot cure patients, I am ready to face any action,” he is heard saying in the video.

Earlier, a fake godman in Lucknow, who had claimed to have a cure for the deadly infection, was arrested by the police.

The fake godman, Ahmad Siddiqui, had put up a board outside his shop in Daliganj area, claiming he had a cure for the virus.

–IANS

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