One Dr Harjit Singh Bhatti, who Swarajya exposed to be a full-time Congress worker and not a current treating doctor at All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS)-Delhi as claimed, posted false information related to Coronavirus pandemic on his Twitter profile on 23 March — triggering a spate of fake news and a wave of panic.
Nishtha Anushree explains.
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