SURAT: A doctor was arrested for forwarding a fake message about a positive patient in the NRI town Bardoli on Friday. The accused told police that he had received the message from a doctor in Surat city and that he shared it among members of a WhatsApp group in Bardoli.
Police arrested Dhaval Chauhan, 30, a resident of Janta Nagar in Bardoli. He was later released on bail. The accused runs his clinic in the same area. He was booked under IT Act for spreading rumour.
Police received information that some person has shared information in a WhatsApp group that one person has been found Covid-19 positive in Bardoli. Police traced the message to Chauhan.
"The doctor shared the message without checking about its veracity and created panic through social media. He claims he just forwarded the wrong message that he received," said a police officer in Bardoli police station.
Police arrested Dhaval Chauhan, 30, a resident of Janta Nagar in Bardoli. He was later released on bail. The accused runs his clinic in the same area. He was booked under IT Act for spreading rumour.
Police received information that some person has shared information in a WhatsApp group that one person has been found Covid-19 positive in Bardoli. Police traced the message to Chauhan.
"The doctor shared the message without checking about its veracity and created panic through social media. He claims he just forwarded the wrong message that he received," said a police officer in Bardoli police station.
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