Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh on Wednesday strongly dismissed the report about a proposal for the deployment of Army in Mumbai and Pune or 10-day amid rising coronavirus cases.

Malicious rumours are being spread on Whatsapp & other social media platforms about army deployment in Mumbai & Pune to enforce a 10-day curfew. These are baseless, false rumours & @MahaCyber1 has already begun action against those who began this rumour.#ZeroToleranceOfRumours

— ANIL DESHMUKH (@AnilDeshmukhNCP) May 27, 2020

"A rumour is being spread on WhatsApp and other social media platforms that the Army will be deployed in Mumbai and Pune to implement 10 days lockdown. This is completely untrue," tweeted Deshmukh. "Maharashtra Cyber has initiated action against those spreading this rumour. Do not forward such messages," he further wrote.