A final year student attached to Peradeniya University was today remanded till April 9 by Colombo Chief Magistrate's Court for allegedly uploading fake news about the coronavirus on Facebook.
The Criminal Investigations Department (CID) had arrested the suspect for uploading false and malicious news on Covid-19 via his Facebook account. Police alleged that the suspect had uploaded a fake news insisting that Kotelawala Defence University has been separately arranged for VIP persons suspected of having contracted the Covid-19 virus.
Producing the suspect before Court, the CID alleged that the suspect had committed punishable offences which come under section six of the Computer Crimes Act and Penal Code. Taking into consideration the seriousness of the offence at this juncture, the Colombo Additional Magistrate Kanchana Neranjala de Silva ordered to remand the suspect remanded till April 9.
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