Mumbai: Even as Maharashtra Police has indicted its own men for arresting two women - one for posting a comment on Facebook against the shutdown in Mumbai after Shiv Sena Chief Bal Thackeray's death and the other for liking it - a video accessed by NDTV shows how a senior police officer is trying to appease the Shiv Sena men and promising action even after the girls apologised.
"We are registering a case under section 295 A of the IPC and Section 66A of the IT Act. Their family members are here and they are ready to give a written apology. But that doesn't mean we will not register a case. I will also give you'll a copy of the apology in 15-20 min," Palghar Deputy Superintendent of Police Ramdas Shinde is seen in the video trying to appease the Sena men.
Meanwhile, the Maharashtra Police's inquiry has said that the two young women need not have been arrested.
According to sources, the report says that invoking Indian Penal Code's (IPC) Sections 295 (A) (deliberate and malicious acts, intended to outrage religious feelings or any class by insulting its religion or religious beliefs) and 505 (2) (making statements creating or promoting enmity, hatred or ill-will between classes) against the women wasn't justified.
The two girls were arrested on Monday after a Shiv Sena leader Bhushan Sankhe lodged a complaint in the Palghar police station in Thane district. They were released hours later after paying two bonds of Rs. 15,000 each.
A clinic owned by the uncle of one of the girls' was ransacked, allegedly by a group of 30 to 40 Shiv Sena workers. 10 people were arrested for the attack but were soon released on bail after Rs. 7,500 was paid by each as surety.
"We are registering a case under section 295 A of the IPC and Section 66A of the IT Act. Their family members are here and they are ready to give a written apology. But that doesn't mean we will not register a case. I will also give you'll a copy of the apology in 15-20 min," Palghar Deputy Superintendent of Police Ramdas Shinde is seen in the video trying to appease the Sena men.
Meanwhile, the Maharashtra Police's inquiry has said that the two young women need not have been arrested.
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According to sources, the report says that invoking Indian Penal Code's (IPC) Sections 295 (A) (deliberate and malicious acts, intended to outrage religious feelings or any class by insulting its religion or religious beliefs) and 505 (2) (making statements creating or promoting enmity, hatred or ill-will between classes) against the women wasn't justified.
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The two girls were arrested on Monday after a Shiv Sena leader Bhushan Sankhe lodged a complaint in the Palghar police station in Thane district. They were released hours later after paying two bonds of Rs. 15,000 each.
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A clinic owned by the uncle of one of the girls' was ransacked, allegedly by a group of 30 to 40 Shiv Sena workers. 10 people were arrested for the attack but were soon released on bail after Rs. 7,500 was paid by each as surety.
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