A
court
here
in
Maharashtra
on
Sunday
remanded
Marathi
actor
Ketaki
Chitale
in
police
custody
till
May
18
following
her
arrest
for
allegedly
sharing
an
objectionable
post
on
social
media
about
NCP
chief
Sharad
Pawar,
an
official
said.
Later,
the
Pune
cyber
police,
who
have
also
registered
a
case
against
Chitale,
said
they
will
seek
the
actor's
custody
after
the
expiry
of
her
remand
with
the
Thane
police.
In
more
trouble
for
Chitale,
two
cases
were
registered
at
separate
police
stations
in
Mumbai
for
allegedly
sharing
the
objectionable
post,
an
official
said
on
Sunday.
Besides,
an
organisation
in
Pune
demanded
that
Chitale
be
charged
with
treason
over
the
alleged
reference
to
Sant
Tukaram
in
the
post
shared
by
her.
Chitale
(29),
a
film
and
TV
actress,
was
arrested
by
the
Thane
police
on
Saturday
over
a
post
she
allegedly
shared
on
her
Facebook
page.
The
post
shared
by
Chitale,
which
was
in
verse
form,
was
purportedly
written
by
someone
else.
It
contained
phrases
like
"hell
is
waiting" and
"you
hate
Brahmins",
allegedly
referring
to
the
NCP
president.
She
was
on
Sunday
produced
before
a
holiday
court
which
remanded
her
in
the
Thane
police
custody
till
May
18,
a
senior
police
official
said.
Later
in
the
day,
Pune
cyber
police
inspector
Dagadu
Hake
said,
"We
have
booked
Chitale
and
will
seek
her
custody
after
her
remand
with
the
Thane
police
gets
over." Meanwhile,
the
Nashik
sessions
court
on
Sunday
remanded
23-year-old
pharmacy
student,
Nikhil
Bhamre,
to
police
custody
till
May
16,
a
day
after
he
was
arrested
for
allegedly
posting
an
objectionable
comment
alluding
to
Pawar
on
Twitter.
The
fresh
FIRs
were
registered
against
Chitale
at
Bhoiwada
police
station
and
Goregaon
police
station
in
Mumbai
on
Saturday
night.
The
case
at
Bhoiwada
was
lodged
by
advocate
Prashant
Duete,
who
heads
NCP's
student
wing
in
Mumbai.
Chitale
was
booked
under
Indian
Penal
Code
sections
500
(defamation),
501
(printing
or
engraving
matter
known
to
be
defamatory),
505
(2)
(making,
publishing
or
circulating
any
statement,
rumour
or
report
promoting
enmity,
hatred
or
ill
will
between
classes),
153
A
(spreading
disharmony
among
people).
Cases
were
already
registered
against
her
in
Mumbai,
Kalwa,
Pune,
and
Dhule,
mainly
on
complaints
of
NCP
activists.
In
Dhule,
in
north
Maharashtra,
a
case
was
registered
against
Chitale
and
Nitin
Bhave,
the
purported
author
of
the
post
shared
by
her,
police
said
on
Saturday.
Meanwhile,
the
Sant
Tukaram
Dehu
Sansthan
has
written
to
Dehu
police
in
Pune,
demanding
action
against
Chitale
over
the
alleged
reference
to
the
17th
Century
poet
in
the
post
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,
told
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
post.
Ajit
Pawar
said
such
remarks
against
the
veteran
politician
were
unfortunate.
"This
is
Maharashtra's
misfortune,"
the
senior
NCP
leader
told
reporters.
The
Constitution
has
guaranteed
citizens
the
right
to
express
and
free
speech.
But,
people
need
to
keep
in
mind
what
they
speak
and
what
impact
it
has
on
society,
he
said.
He
called
Chitale
a
"pervert"
and
termed
as
"unfortunate"
the
comments
shared
by
her
against
Sharad
Pawar.
Speaking
to
reporters
in
Nashik,
Sule
said
this
is
the
issue
of
culture
and
about
someone
wishing
death
to
your
parents
and
someone
you
idolize
in
public
life.
Such
a
perverted
mindset
is
not
good
for
society.
Shiv
Sena
leader
and
former
Mumbai
mayor
Kishori
Pednekar
said
that
one
must
respect
the
age
and
seniority
in
public
life.
"The
actor
had
said
she
was
ill," Pednekar
claimed.