KASARAGOD: A man who tried to sell fake medicine for COVID-19 was arrested in Vidyanagar here. The man has been identified as Hamsa. He kept a white coloured liquid for sale and claimed that it can cure coronavirus disease.

He said the concoction was made following the directions of a sheikh. Hamsa claimed the liquid can not only cure COVID-19 but can also prevent it.

The police said more fake doctors are there in Kasaragod and stringent actions will be taken against such anti-social elements.