Marathi Actor Ketaki Chitale Arrested For ‘Derogatory’ Post Against Sharad Pawar

Mumbai: A courtroom in Maharashtra on Sunday remanded Marathi actor Ketaki Chitale in police custody until May 18 following her arrest over allegedly sharing an objectionable submit on social media about NCP chief Sharad Pawar, an official stated. Chitale (29), a movie and TV actress, was arrested by the Thane police on Saturday over a submit she allegedly shared on her Facebook web page. She was on Sunday produced earlier than a vacation courtroom which remanded her in police custody until May 18, a senior police official stated. Chitale and 23-year-old pharmacy pupil Nikhil Bhamre had been arrested on Saturday for allegedly sharing objectionable social media posts about Pawar.Also Read – Video: NCP Workers Slap BJP Leader Vinayak Ambekar For Post Against Sharad Pawar

While Chitale was arrested by the Thane police, Bhamre was arrested in Nashik for allegedly making an objectionable touch upon Twitter towards Pawar, whose celebration shares energy with the Shiv Sena and Congress in Maharashtra. Also Read – Marathi Actress Ketaki Chitale Arrested For Derogatory Post on Sharad Pawar. Read All About The Row Here

The submit shared by Chitale, which was in verse kind, was purportedly written by another person. It contained phrases like “hell is waiting” and “you hate Brahmins”, allegedly referring to the NCP president. Also Read – Play Hanuman Chalisa If You Hear Loudspeakers Blaring Azan: Raj Thackeray Appeals To Hindus As May 3 Deadline Ends

Chitale was booked below Indian Penal Code Sections 500 (defamation), 501 (printing or engraving matter identified to be defamatory), 505 (2) (making, publishing or circulating any assertion, hearsay or report selling enmity, hatred or in poor health will between lessons) and 153 A (spreading disharmony amongst folks).

With inputs from PTI