Three more FIRs against Marathi actor Ketaki Chitale over her ‘objectionable’ post on Sharad Pawar- The New Indian Express

By PTI

MUMBAI: Hassle mounted for Marathi actor Ketaki Chitale as three extra instances had been registered towards her – two in Mumbai and one in Akola district – for allegedly sharing an objectionable publish on social media about NCP chief Sharad Pawar, police stated on Sunday.

Earlier, instances had been filed towards the 29-year-old TV actor in Thane, Pune and Dhule districts in reference to the net publish.

“In Mumbai, the instances had been registered at Goregaon and Bhoiwada police stations on Saturday,” an official stated.

At Bhoiwada, the case was registered based mostly on a criticism filed by advocate Prashant Shankar Duete, a college students’ wing president of the NCP’s Mumbai unit.

In Akola, the FIR was recorded at Khadan police station towards Chitale after a criticism was lodged by Kalpana Gawarguru, an area office-bearer of the NCP, one other official stated.

The instances at these police stations had been registered beneath Indian Penal Code (IPC) 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 sick will between courses), 153 A (spreading disharmony amongst individuals), police stated.

Thane Police had on Saturday arrested Chitale after a case was registered towards her at Kalwa police station there over the social media publish.

A Thane court docket on Sunday remanded her in police custody until Might 18.

The publish in Marathi written by another person, which Chitale allegedly shared on Fb on Friday, solely talked about the surname Pawar and the age of 80.

The NCP supremo is 81 years outdated.

The publish contained phrases like “hell is ready” and “you hate Brahmins”, allegedly referring to Pawar whose occasion shares energy in Maharashtra with the Shiv Sena and Congress.

In Pune too, a case was registered towards her based mostly on a criticism filed by an NCP employee.

The cyber wing of the police registered a case towards Chitale beneath IPC sections 153 (A), 500, and 505 (2).

At Dhule in north Maharashtra, a case was registered towards Chitale and Nitin Bhave, the purported writer of the publish shared by her, on a criticism lodged by an NCP chief.