"Mischievous Handiwork Of Persons": Former DGHS & Padma Shree Awardee Moves Delhi Court Seeking NIA Probe Into Origins Of Covid 19 Pandemic

Former Director General of Health Services and Padma Shree Awardee Dr. Jagdish Prasad has moved a special NIA Court in Delhi seeking registeration of FIR and investigation into the origins of the covid 19 pandemic after alleging that the same seems to be a "mischievous handiwork" of persons who seek to cause harm to India.

File through Advocates Mehmood Pracha and Jatin Bhatt, the plea has been filed under sec. 156(3) CrPC read with sec. 16 of the NIA Act which grants power to the Special Court for taking cognizance of any offence, without the accused being committed to it for trial, upon receiving a complaint.

Stating that he is national and international renowned in the field of medicine with recognizedexpertise in cardiothoracic surgery, it has been stated by Prasad that the virus has "genetic similarity" to variants of the coronavirus found inbats, and that the transmission was a result of incidental or intentional transmission from a lab at the Wuhan Institute of Virology.

The plea also states that the issue has been subject matter of inquiry at the national level in various countries, including the United States of America, Australia, as well as the World Health Organization.

"That surprisingly, despite the fact that the virus had undoubtedly originated in China, the number of COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations, and deaths in China has been miniscule, with barely ninety thousand cases, and less than five thousand deaths while their economy remains rather unaffected by the pandemic, meanwhile the economy of India has taken a nosedive, giving a strong indication of motive and benefit for the criminal intent behind the origin and spread of the virus." The plea reads.

Furthermore, the plea also alleges that the coronavirus is a deliberately artificially created and has been spread as a biological weapon as part of a "conspiracy to cause substantial human and economic loss in India as well as the world."

"...in view of the nefarious, terrorist, expansionist, aggressive and animus behavior of China at the borders in North-East region of India, it would be very dangerous to not undertake a detailed investigation qua the origins and spread of the virus from China to India so that the entire truth in this regard can come out and the guilty are punished in accordance with various provisions of Indian law." The plea reads.

The plea states that in view of the aforesaid, offences under sec. 16, 17, 18, 18A, 18B, 23 etc. of UAPA,sec. 14 of Weapons of Mass Destruction and their Delivery Systems (Prohibition of Unlawful Activities) Act and various offences under IPC are made out.

Title: DR. JAGDISH PRASAD v. STATE