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Punjab: Nambardar nabbed for spreading rumours about COVID-19

Chandigarh, Sep 8 (UNI) Punjab Police has arrested nambardar of Jattpura village in Ludhiana for uploading fake and objectionable post about human organ trafficking at Rajindra Hospital Patiala on Facebook and spreading rumours about Covid-19 leading to panic amongst citizens, besides tarnishing the state government efforts to contain the pandemic.
The accused had been identified as Mandeep Singh alias Deepa of Jattpura. An FIR under section 188 IPC 54 Disaster Management Act has been registered in the case.
Investigation has revealed that Mandeep had uploaded a post on his Facebook Profile “Deepa Dhillon Jattpura” on August 24, 2020 wherein he made disparaging remarks about Rajindra Hospital Patiala and referred to it as being a Centre for Human Organ Trafficking and levelled baseless allegation that they kill people by injections, etc. against the Hospital, a spokesperson said.
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