An FIR has been filed against Devu Chodankar for his Facebook comment on Narendra Modi. The 31-year-old shipbuilding professional is likely to be arrested in BJP-ruled Goa as police suspect him to be part of a "larger game plan to promote communal and social disharmony in the state"

Chodankar's anticipatory bail was rejected on Thursday by the district and sessions court in North Goa, clearing the ground for his arrest.  Police say custodial action is necessary.

Civil society activists and the Opposition plan to picket outside the police headquarters on Saturday against what they believe is "draconian" action against free speech.

Chodankar had cautioned against Modi coming to power, claiming that a holocaust would follow and also that Christians in Goa would lose their identity. "There is imminent threat of Holocaust as it happened in Gujarat th(r)ough the garb of cunning government policies of Parrikar," Chodankar had said, before deleting the post.