LAHORE: The Punjab police on Friday rejected the ‘baseless propaganda’ on ‘mistreatment of prisoners’, claiming that fake news and visuals were shared on social media after the May 9 arrests. Taking to Twitter, the law enforcement agency termed the ‘viral photos and videos’ of May 9 events ‘false’, saying that the visuals that were shared on social media are old. “The pictures of incidents in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) and Sindh were linked to May 9 events,” Punjab police said, adding that the ‘negative campaign’ was launched to “mislead the citizens and defame the institution”. The police claimed that action will be taken against the “preparators of false propaganda” under Cyber Crime Act. “Miscreants involved in defaming national institutions will be brought to justice”, they added. DNA
