Tension in Bhiwandi town over social media posts

March 28, 2013 12:48

The police today registered cases under sections of the IPC and IT Act against unidentified persons after an allegedly provocative post on a social networking site sparked outrage in some areas of the communally-sensitive powerloom town of Bhiwandi neighbouring Mumbai.

The cases were registered under section 295 (injuring or defiling place of worship) of Indian Penal Code and section 67-a of the Information Technology Act, at police stations in Bhiwandi city, Bhoiwada and Rabodi in Thane on the complaint of Aftab Hussan Saikh, the police said.

Earlier, tension gripped Bhiwandi, which has witnessed communal tension in the past, in the wee hours today as the word spread about the post, with a mob taking to the streets.

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