Objectionable on-line publish about Sharad Pawar: Actor Ketaki Chitale will get police custody until May 18

By PTI

THANE: A court docket right here in Maharashtra on Sunday remanded Marathi actor Ketaki Chitale in police custody until May 18 following her arrest for allegedly sharing an objectionable publish on social media about NCP chief Sharad Pawar, an official stated.

Later, the Pune cyber police, who’ve additionally registered a case towards Chitale, stated they are going to search the actor’s custody after the expiry of her remand with the Thane police.

In extra hassle for Chitale, two instances have been registered at separate police stations in Mumbai for allegedly sharing the objectionable publish, an official stated on Sunday.

Besides, an organisation in Pune demanded that Chitale be charged with treason over the alleged reference to Sant Tukaram within the publish shared by her.

Chitale (29), a movie and TV actress, was arrested by the Thane police on Saturday over a publish she allegedly shared on her Facebook web page.

The publish shared by Chitale, which was in verse type, was purportedly written by another person.

It contained phrases like “hell is waiting” and “you hate Brahmins”, allegedly referring to the NCP president.

She was on Sunday produced earlier than a vacation court docket which remanded her within the Thane police custody until May 18, a senior police official stated.

Later within the day, Pune cyber police inspector Dagadu Hake stated, “We have booked Chitale and will seek her custody after her remand with the Thane police gets over.”

Meanwhile, the Nashik classes court docket on Sunday remanded 23-year-old pharmacy scholar, Nikhil Bhamre, to police custody until May 16, a day after he was arrested for allegedly posting an objectionable remark alluding to Pawar on Twitter.

The contemporary FIRs have been registered towards Chitale at Bhoiwada police station and Goregaon police station in Mumbai on Saturday evening.

The case at Bhoiwada was lodged by advocate Prashant Duete, who heads NCP’s scholar wing in Mumbai.

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), 153 A (spreading disharmony amongst folks).

Cases have been already registered towards her in Mumbai, Kalwa, Pune, and Dhule, primarily on complaints of NCP activists.

In Dhule, in north Maharashtra, a case was registered towards Chitale and Nitin Bhave, the purported writer of the publish shared by her, police stated on Saturday.

Meanwhile, the Sant Tukaram Dehu Sansthan has written to Dehu police in Pune, demanding motion towards Chitale over the alleged reference to the seventeenth Century poet within the publish shared by the actor.

“Not just Sant Tukaram’s name, but one should not use the name of any saint to gain such publicity. She (Chitale) should be booked under charges related to treason,” Ajit More, the sansthan trustee, informed reporters.

Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister and his cousin Baramati MP Supriya Sule, daughter of Sharad Pawar, on Sunday condemned the perverted mindset behind the social media publish.

Ajit Pawar stated such remarks towards the veteran politician have been unlucky.

“This is Maharashtra’s misfortune,” the senior NCP chief informed reporters.

The Constitution has assured residents the fitting to precise and free speech.

But, folks want to remember what they communicate and what influence it has on society, he stated.

He known as Chitale a “pervert” and termed as “unfortunate” the feedback shared by her towards Sharad Pawar.

Speaking to reporters in Nashik, Sule stated that is the problem of tradition and about somebody wishing demise to your mother and father and somebody you idolize in public life.

Such a perverted mindset will not be good for society.

Shiv Sena chief and former Mumbai mayor Kishori Pednekar stated that one should respect the age and seniority in public life.

“The actor had said she was ill,” Pednekar claimed.