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Thiruvananthapuram:
The Kerala police on Friday arrested a person who allegedly unfold false propaganda on social media {that a} lockdown could be declared within the nation for 3 weeks to tamper with digital voting machines (EVMs).
The State Police Media Cell in an announcement mentioned that the arrested man, MV Sharafuddin, hails from Malappuram district of the state.
The person had allegedly shared on social media a screenshot of a information story printed in the course of the Covid-19 lockdown as a part of his propaganda, police mentioned.
This was found throughout a social media patrol performed by the Kochi Cyberdome department of Kerala police, the assertion mentioned.
It additionally mentioned that social media monitoring cells have been shaped at cyber police headquarters, all ranges and all police districts beneath the management of the cyber division to detect those that are posting and spreading false information on social media in view of the approaching Lok Sabha elections within the state on April 26.
(Apart from the headline, this story has not been edited by NDTV employees and is printed from a syndicated feed.)
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