INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
CHHATRAPATI SAMBHAJINAGAR: Police have booked a 14-year-old boy from Ashti in Beed district on the charge of putting up a social media
message eulogising Aurangzeb, prompting some right-wing organisations to call a bandh in the town on Friday in protest against the post
though the teenager had subsequently deleted it.Three days ago, the display of Aurangzeb's posters in Ahmednagar district and a social media
post glorifying Tipu Sultan in Kolhapur had triggered violence
Keeping this in mind, the Ashti police registered an FIR against the teenager who is currently out of the town.No sooner had the teenager
posted the video message on his social media handle on Thursday than some local residents started sharing the clip, leading to tension in
the town, the police said
On learning about the situation, the boy deleted the post and shared another apologising for "inadvertently hurting sentiments" of some
people.SP Nand Kumar Thakur told TOI, "We have registered an FIR against the teenager for his post, which is said to have been deleted."The
police also contacted a relative of the boy and informed him about the fallout of the post and the FIR
"The boy will be detained when he returns to the town and produced before the child welfare committee for a remand in a correction facility
meant for children," an officer said.The police said no untoward incident was reported in the town during the bandh, during which most trade
and business remained closed.
