Guwahati: Fake Tweet, bear the name of Minister Assam Himanta Buswa Sarma which states that schools and colleges in the state will be closed again from November 20, considering Covid cases that increased, creating confusion in the academic circles on Wednesday.
Sarma immediately asked the police to record the tweet and act through his official Twitter handle.
“Fake tweets carrying my names to circulate say that because cases # Covid19 has risen schools & colleges closed from November 20.
It’s wrong & it shouldn’t be noticed.
Stay wrong information and fake news!” Sarma tweeted.
Covid infection cases reported from several schools after the return of offline studies.
The source in the Ministry of Education, however, claims that the number of infected students, teachers and non-teaching staff in schools and colleges has been “less than 20”.
The principal secretary of the Ministry of Education, B Kalyan Chakravarthy, said “Deputy Commissioner in all districts has been ordered that in one hour of any infection reported at school, I must be informed about the details.
To this day, the situation is under control,” he said.