PTI leader in Chitral held for spreading fake news about coronavirus

Author: Web Desk

A court in Chitral on Tuesday ordered the arrest of a local leader of the ruling PTI for spreading fake news through social media about the coronavirus spread and thus creating panic.

District and Sessions Judge Javedur Rehman ordered the police to arrest Irshad Muqarar of the PTI who had earlier secured a bail before arrest from a subordinate court to escape detention.

Notably, a Chinese national was working in a force venture in the Drash town of the Lower Chitral region was hospitalized after he griped of stomach torment. The PTI office-conveyor supposedly spread gossip through his facebook account and asserted that the sickly Chinese resident was experiencing coronavirus which made feelings of dread among the individuals.

The honorable judge, while penning the decision, observed that the case against the accused was not registered with malice and hence his pre-arrest bail stood cancelled. Police arrested the PTI leader from the courtroom as soon as court delivered the verdict.

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