Himalayan Times
4 January 2017
KATHMADNU:
Police have arrested two Nepali singers for terrorising people with a
‘red number’ call hoax on social media, on Wednesday.
A team deployed from the Crime Investigation Bureau
(CIB) nabbed Prashna Pandey and Deepak Baraili for spreading rumours on
Facebook and Twitter that people could receive calls from certain red numbers
and that would leave adverse effects on the receivers’ health.
Singer Pandey, on her Facebook account, had posted
that she got a call from the ‘red number’. Many online portals had published
reports on the basis of her post.
But, when police interrogated her, she denied getting
a call from the number.
Similarly, the police investigation found that Baraili
had downloaded an app which would automatically convert the default number into
red while getting a call. […]
My Republica [Nepal]
6 January 2017
KATHMANDU, Jan 5: The Central Investigation Bureau
(CIB) of Nepal Police on Wednesday dismissed rumors of serious health hazards
and even death if anyone receives calls from red-colored number.
Following the recent rumors and related news items
that went viral in social networking sites, the police have also detained two
singers - Prashana Pandey and Dipak Barayeli - for sharing the fake call posts
with 'terror' alerts on their Facebook pages. […]
