SHILLONG, June 11 -- The state government has constituted a dedicated team to find out those responsible for spreading fake news about COVID-19 positive cases, which has created unnecessary panic among the citizens of the state."We have already entrusted the matter to a dedicated team to trace out who are behind in spreading such rumours, which I personally feel this is totally wrong," Deputy Chief Minister Prestone Tynsong told reporters here on Thursday.

Tynsong also informed that he alone received not less than 30-40 calls from the public for clarification after the rumours that some persons in Secretariat have been tested positive spread like wildfire on Wednesday night.

"So now, we are on the job and even the police department is o...