Fake COVID testing racket busted in Bhubaneswar, one arrested The police arrested a laboratory technician, Ganesh Kumar Pradhan (38) of Kunjabana in Nayagarh district who works at a private hospital here and stays at CDA. Share Via Email | A+A A- By Express News Service CUTTACK: A day after 17,000 tablets of counterfeit Favipiravir, a drug recommended for treatment of Covid-19 were seized from a wholesaler in the city, an alleged fake testing racket was busted by Markat Nagar police here on Saturday. The police arrested a laboratory technician, Ganesh Kumar Pradhan (38) of Kunjabana in Nayagarh district who works at a private hospital here and stays at CDA.