Man held for abusing CM, other politicians on Twitter
Mumbai. The Maharashtra Cyber police, on Friday, arrested a man from Dhule for allegedly abusing and making objectionable comments against chief minister Eknath Shinde, union minister Narayan Rane, his son Nitesh Rane, Amravati MP Navneet Rana and other politicians on Twitter.
Gajendra Patil – a resident of Varkhede in Dhule district – claims to be a journalist for a locally published weekly. He has been arrested on the complaint of a Twitter user Viraj Mahamunkar, who follows many political leaders on social media.
As per the complaint, between July 31 and October 20, Patil, 45, had posted around 26 objectionable tweets against Shinde, Rane, Atul Bhatkhalkar, Ashish Shelar, Deepak Kesarkar, Raosaheb Danve, etc.