Two girls arrested for anti-Thackeray Facebook post !

MUMBAI: Two Mumbai girls were arrested for questioning, on Facebook, the total shutdown in the city for Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray's funeral. They were ordered by a local court to spend 14 days in jail.

However, they have been granted bail after paying a bond of Rs 15,000 each.

Reports say that one of the girls, 21-year-old Shaheen Dhada, had posted on her Facebook wall: 'People like Thackeray are born and die daily and one should not observe a bandh for that. We should remember Bhagat Singh and Sukhdev, two martyrs of India's independence struggle.'

And surprisingly a friend of hers, Renu, who liked her post was also arrested.

A Mumbai Mirror report said that though the girl withdrew her comment from Facebook and also apologized for having posted it, a mob of some 2,000 Shiv Sena workers attacked and ransacked her uncle's orthopaedic clinic in Mumbai.

The girls were arrested under Section 295 (a) of the Indian Penal Code (for hurting religious sentiments) and Section 64 (a) of the Information Technology Act, 2000...
 

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It was Section 505 of the Indian Penal Code for “statements creating or promoting enmity, hatred or ill will between classes.” ,but still aukha janta da. Vehle bande. Mainu ta samaj ni aaundi ke ik din band karke kehra una nu laddu mill Gaye . Eeda te roj 3600 marde aa . Par ehde maran te khushi kuj jada hi hoi. Just saying.
 
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