Ketaki Chitale, a movie and TV actress, was arrested by the Thane police on Saturday.
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A court docket in Maharashtra on Sunday remanded Marathi actor Ketaki Chitale in police custody until Could 18 following her arrest for allegedly sharing an objectionable submit on social media about NCP chief Sharad Pawar, an official mentioned.
Later, the Pune cyber police, who’ve additionally registered a case in opposition to Ms Chitale, mentioned they may search the actor’s custody after the expiry of her remand with the Thane police.
In additional bother for Ms Chitale, two circumstances have been registered at separate police stations in Mumbai for allegedly sharing the objectionable submit, an official mentioned on Sunday.
Moreover, an organisation in Pune demanded that Ms Chitale be charged with treason over the alleged reference to Sant Tukaram within the submit shared by her.
Ms Chitale (29), a movie and TV actress, was arrested by the Thane police on Saturday over a submit she allegedly shared on her Fb web page.
The submit shared by Ms Chitale, which was in verse type, was purportedly written by another person. It contained phrases like “hell is ready” 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 Could 18, a senior police official mentioned.
Later within the day, Pune cyber police inspector Dagadu Hake mentioned, “Now we have booked Chitale and can search her custody after her remand with the Thane police will get over.” In the meantime, the Nashik periods court docket on Sunday remanded 23-year-old pharmacy scholar, Nikhil Bhamre, to police custody until Could 16, a day after he was arrested for allegedly posting an objectionable remark alluding to Mr Pawar on Twitter.
The recent FIRs have been registered in opposition to Ms 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.
Ms Chitale was booked beneath 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).
Instances have been already registered in opposition to her in Mumbai, Kalwa, Pune, and Dhule, primarily on complaints of NCP activists.
In Dhule, in north Maharashtra, a case was registered in opposition to Ms Chitale and Nitin Bhave, the purported writer of the submit shared by her, police mentioned on Saturday.
In the meantime, the Sant Tukaram Dehu Sansthan has written to Dehu police in Pune, demanding motion in opposition to Chitale over the alleged reference to the seventeenth Century poet within the submit shared by the actor.
“Not simply Sant Tukaram’s identify, however one shouldn’t use the identify of any saint to achieve such publicity. She (Chitale) must be booked beneath prices associated to treason,” Ajit Extra, the sansthan trustee, advised 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 submit.
Ajit Pawar mentioned such remarks in opposition to the veteran politician have been unlucky.
“That is Maharashtra’s misfortune,” the senior NCP chief advised reporters.
The Structure has assured residents the fitting to specific and free speech. However, folks want to remember what they communicate and what impression it has on society, he mentioned.
He referred to as Ms Chitale a “pervert” and termed as “unlucky” the feedback shared by her in opposition to Sharad Pawar.
Talking to reporters in Nashik, Ms Sule mentioned that is the problem of tradition and about somebody wishing demise to your dad and mom and somebody you idolize in public life. Such a perverted mindset is just not good for society.
Shiv Sena chief and former Mumbai mayor Kishori Pednekar mentioned that one should respect the age and seniority in public life.
“The actor had mentioned she was in poor health,” Ms Pednekar claimed.
