NE NEWS SERVICE
NEW DELHI, MARCH 30
The Indian Army on Monday dismissed as “fake” certain messages circulating on social media about likely imposition of Emergency in the country next month to deal with the coronavirus outbreak.
Army officials also said no effort is being initiated to rope in services of retired personnel, the National Cadet Corps and the volunteers enrolled under the National Service Scheme in the wake of the coronavirus crisis.
વોટ્સએપ પર ફેલાઈ રહેલા એપ્રીલમાં ઈમરજન્સી ઘોષિત થવા અંગેના મેસેજ તથા NCC અને NSS સહિતનું સેના દળ તૈયાર કરવામાં આવી રહ્યું છે તેવા સમાચાર પાયા વિહોણી અફવા છે. – ભારતીય સેના#FakeNewsAlert@DefProdnIndia @DefencePRO_Guj https://t.co/eosrfQeSfC
— DD News Gujarati (@DDNewsGujarati) March 30, 2020
“Fake and malicious messages are circulating on social media about likely declaration of Emergency in mid-April and employment of #IndianArmy, #Veterans, NCC and NSS to assist the civil administration,” the Army’s Additional Director-General of Public Information (ADGPI) tweeted.
“It is clarified that this is fake,” the ADGPI said. India was brought under a 21-day lockdown at midnight last Tuesday to check the spread of the coronavirus infection.
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The positive coronavirus cases touched 1,071 on Monday with 29 death. Globally, the virus has infected more than 700,000 people and claimed more than 32,000 lives.
