The Bollywood singer will have to face charges of negligence after attending various social events in India despite having been instructed to self-isolate as a carrier of COVID-19.
- April 7, 2020
AceShowbiz - Bollywood singer Kanika Kapoor has been discharged from hospital after winning her battle with coronavirus.
The 41-year-old star, whose song for the 2014 Bollywood film "Ragini MMS 2", "Baby Doll", was a huge hit in her homeland, was admitted to Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences (SGPGIMS) last month, and took to Instagram to tell fans that she had tested positive for Covid-19.
However, news agency ANI (Asian News International) reported on Sunday, April 05 that, after Kapoor's fifth and sixth tests at the hospital came back as negative, she had been allowed to go home.
Following Kapoor's fifth test, Professor R.K. Dhiman, the director of SGPGIMS, said, "Her reports are now negative but we will wait for one more test before she is allowed to go home."
Kapoor previously explained in a post on Instagram, which has since been deleted, that she was screened for a fever when returning to India from London, but the test didn't show anything. She said it was only later that she started to develop Covid-19 symptoms.
Now she has been discharged from hospital, Kapoor will have to face three FIRs (first information reports) - a document prepared by the police in India when they're informed of any criminal offence - on charges of negligence, after attending various social events in her home country despite having been instructed by authorities to self-isolate as a carrier of the virus.
