Chattogram Metropolitan Police (CMP) Commissioner Mohammad Mahbubur Rahman today urged all not to spread rumors over the pandemic coronavirus through Facebook or any other social media, reports BSS.
Talking to journalists in the port city, he warned of taking legal actions against those who would spread rumors regarding the coronavirus.
The CMP commissioner said he has directed the police to file cases under the Digital Security Act against the rumor campaigners. He further said the process is underway to identify those who have recently spread rumors on Facebook.
Meanwhile, police arrested Dr Iftekhar Adnan, a city Jubo Dal leader, for spreading rumors on Facebook. He was sued under the Digital Security Act. Earlier, a team of Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) arrested Kamrul Hasan Rumi, a businessman in the city, for spreading rumors about coronavirus on Facebook.