India, July 29 -- The Union ministry of health and family welfare on Tuesday issued an alert regarding multiple fake accounts allegedly being operated under the ministry's name on professional networking site LinkedIn, and asked people not to trust or interact with these accounts.

At least three such accounts were identified by the Press and Information Bureau's (PIB) fact-check team. One of the fake accounts also had its location mentioned as Beijing, China, and had at least 32,000 followers.

The ministry stressed that it had no official LinkedIn account.

The PIB's fact-check team confirmed the accounts to be fake, and said on X, "Beware of the LinkedIn accounts impersonating the ministry of health and family welfare."

The health min...