BJP Member of Parliament (Rajya Sabha) Subramanian Swamy has said that he would file a complaint with the CBI on the “Nagaland Bat Virus illegal study”.
In a tweet, Swamy said “I will file with CBI a complaint on the Nagaland Bat Virus illegal study conducted by Tata’s NCBS in collaboration with Wuhan University and PLA. The US Army may also been involved with NCBS. It is completely anti-national & illegal since mandatory clearance from ICMR was not taken.”
Swamy claimed that Bat Virus Study was not submitted to ICMR of Health Ministry, which he said was mandatory. “The Report of the illegal study was signed by Bat woman She Zhengli of Wuhan U and Uma Ramakrishnan of Tata’s NCBS. This was admitted when questioned by me during a Standing Committee hearing,” he claimed.
It may be mentioned that following media reports regarding study of bats in Nagaland, National Centre for Biological Sciences on February 4, 2020 clarified that no biological samples or infectious agents were transferred into or out of India and stressed that the study had no connection with corona viruses.