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Punjab Police cracks down on fake news, DGP sets up special team to monitor and take action

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Punjab Police cracks down on fake news, DGP sets up special team to monitor and take action
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Punjab DGP Dinkar Gupta on Friday, cracking down on those spreading fake news on coronavirus, announced the constitution of a special team to monitor all social media platforms, as well as to identify and take action against those circulating false news. publive-imageThe team will be led by an ADGP rank office to be stationed at police headquarters, the DGP disclosed. He also directed all district police chiefs to take action against those spreading false news. He pointed out that under the Disaster Management Act of 2005, which has now been promulgated all over the country to deal with the crisis arising out of coronavirus, it is an offense to spread false news.
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publive-imageThe DGP also said that the Punjab Police would come down heavily on anyone found guilty in this regard. He said that the onus of spreading false news would be the admin of WhatsApp group, and, therefore, group admins should cooperate with police in identifying those elements who want to usurp their group for their personal agenda. Bikram Singh Majithia slams Punjab DGP remark on Kartarpur CorridorPunjab DGP appreciated the action taken by Patiala Police in registering a criminal case against Patiala based men and women for circulating false and alarming news on WhatsApp. Also, he appealed to the public to be wary of those trying to use the present crisis for propagating their own agenda. Dinkar GuptaFurthermore, the DGP disclosed that to strictly enforce the curfew in the state, the police and district administration was setting up open jails for curfew violators. Twenty-one such jails are already operational, with more to be notified on Friday, he said, adding that anyone found violating the curfew would be sent to these jails and booked under the Disaster Management Act 2005. Also Read | PM Narendra Modi asks nation to light lamps for nine minutes at 9 pm on Sunday Meanwhile, the relief operations being carried out by the police personnel on war footing continued to be intensified and more than 2 crore food units (meals and dry rations) were provided to the needy in association with gurdwaras, NGOs and citizen volunteers. -PTC News-
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