Several booked for spreading fake news on social media in Shimla

SHIMLA: Police have booked several people for spreading false information on social media about a Shimla-based chemist testing positive for Covid-19. The accused had circulated false information that the chemist has his shop near IGMC and due to his infection, the hospital had been sealed. Shimla SP Omapati Jamwal said, “The cyber cell is preparing a list of people who were creating panic by sharing this fake information.”