Spreading rumours linking Covid with 5G towers to invite stern action in Haryana

Tribune News Service  

Chandigarh, May 21

The Haryana Police on Friday directed the Commissioners of Police and SPs to take stern action against those spreading rumours of spread of Covid from 5G trials.

Sanjay Kumar, IG, Law and Order, has written to take stern action against those positing rumours that radiations from the 5G towers was responsible for spread of Covid among people.

Yesterday, the state government had told DCs and SPs in the districts to take “strict, coercive and immediate” action against those spreading rumours about 5G towers being responsible for Covid related deaths in villages.

The Chief Secretary, Vijay Vardhan, had written to the DCs and SPs saying that misinformation about telecom towers being responsible for deaths has led to damage he being caused to telecom infrastructure by some miscreants.

He said that the WHO has already clarified that all such rumours were misplaced as viruses cannot travel on radio wave or mobile network.

The Department of Telecommunication has also clarified that linking 5G network to the Covid-19 pandemic has no scientific basis, Vardhan had said.