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COVID-19: 2 nabbed for forwarding fake messages

03:34 PM Mar 14, 2020 | Team Udayavani |

Chamarajanagar: Two people were arrested by Chamarajanagar police for forwarding fake messages relating to the novel coronavirus and creating chaos in the Gundlupet.

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The arrested have been identified as Nagendra and Lokesh.

The duo allegedly spread messages on social media that a resident of the Gundlupet town was tested positive for COVID-19. Following the incident, The district health department had lodged a police complaint in this regard and the arrests were made based on the directions of Deputy Commissioner M R Ravi and SP H D Anand Kumar.

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