An anti-Islamic post on Facebook, making objectionable comments about Mohammad Paigambar, created tension in the Malwani area here on Wednesday. Nearly 1,000 people gathered, demanding police action against the accused. The police have blocked the page and booked unknown persons for hurting religious sentiments.
According to senior police officials, one person registered a case with the Kandivali police on Tuesday night on the objectionable post.
“The post used vulgar language. We have registered a case under Section 295 of the Indian Penal Code against unknown persons as it seems the profile was created on a fake identity,” a senior officer told The Hindu.
“We approached the court today [on Wednesday] morning and got orders to block the objectionable page. The Cyber Crime Cell is investigating the case,” said Himanshu Roy, Mumbai Joint Commissioner of Police (Crime).
Additional Commissioner of Police (North region) Sunil Paraskar said, “Around 1,000 persons gathered and demanded action against the accused. We assured them that a case has been registered and action will be taken against. There was no tension. The situation was peaceful.”
Police sources said shops in the area were closed for some time, but normality was restored within a few hours.
Keywords: anti-Islamic post, Facebook, religious sentiments, Indian Penal Code
Even in 21st century and at quite a good literacy level we still are fighting on religious issues. There will always be the sick people in society who posts such things just to enjoy the play. It's time to stand together irrespective of our religion and ignore such sick people. Ignorance is the best way to demotivate those people. If we start taking such cases to the Joint Commissioner's level where he already has many important cases to take care of then we can never be able to have a united society.
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