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Kolkata woman arrested for fake WhatsApp post about coronavirus

As the post became viral, the police began an enquiry and identified Shivani.

IANS | Kolkata | March 31, 2020 12:30 am

Kolkata woman arrested for fake WhatsApp post about coronavirus

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A woman has been arrested here for disseminating “fake news” on coronavirus infection through WhatsApp.

Pallavi Shivani, a housewife, was taken into custody from her house in the Behala area in south Kolkata for allegedly posting on a school whatsApp group that 15 persons have been detected with coronavirus infection in New Alipore, of whom two were her neighbours.

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As the post became viral, the police began an enquiry and identified Shivani.

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Shivani has told interrogators that she posted the message “playfully” and had no idea the matter would go this far.

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