Police tracks down fake news circulators creating panic in Nagaland
By migrator | Mar 21, 2020, 14:00 IST
KOHIMA | MARCH 21, 2020:
Nagaland Police are trying to detect the people who circulated fake text messages and fake video messages creating more panic and confusion over the pandemic Corona Virus.
The PRO of Nagaland police Manoj Kumar, through a press release informed that during the course of investigation it was found that many people had forwarded the said fake news without verifying its authenticity and more than 30 people who forwarded the fake news were summoned to Cyber Crime Police Station and their statements recorded.
Most of them were from Dimapur and Kohima, while some were from Phek and Wokha, the SP said. After recording their statements, the Police was able to trace the origin of the fake news.