ALOR STAR: Police today denied there was a fight involving death during Thaipusam celebration in Sungai Petani last Saturday, that went viral on social media yesterday.

Acting Kuala Muda District Police chief Supt Shamsudin Mamat said police had received information about a posting on a Twitter account using a name ‘Tehpanas’ which read “Sembahyang Thaipusam di Sungai Petani gaduh, budak kena pukul mati on the spot” (A fight broke out during Thaipusam prayers in Sungai Petani, a child was beaten, died on the spot) at 11am today.