What action taken on arrest of girls: HC asks Maha on FB row

January 14, 2013 16:09

The Bombay High Court today asked Maharashtra government what action it had taken against policemen who arrested two girls from nearby Palghar district for posting comments on Facebook against the bandh observed in Mumbai during Bal Thackeray's funeral in November last year.

A bench headed by Justice Abhay Oka asked prosecutor Konde-Deshmukh to file by February 12 a reply on action taken by the state government in this case.

The court was hearing a petition filed by former journalist Ketan Tirodkar who prayed for a direction to the state via Home department to order appropriate penal action against the erring cops who made the arrests.

Tirodkar is also a petitioner in the murder probe of Mid Day journalist J Dey.

Pic: Palghar girls Shaheen Dhada and Rinu Srinivasan

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