A man in Nagpur faces legal action for allegedly posting defamatory content on social media targeting Maharashtra Revenue Minister Chandrashekhar Bawankule, sparking a police investigation into the false claims.
Police in Nagpur have registered a case against a man for allegedly posting "false" and "objectionable" content against Maharashtra Revenue Minister Chandrashekhar Bawankule and his family members on social media, officials said on Saturday.
The accused, Rameshwar Shivaji Darekar (39), is a resident of Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar, they said.
The case was registered based on a complaint lodged by Nikhil Ingle, the social media coordinator of Bawankule, an official said.
Darekar runs a Facebook page, where he uploaded a video on April 3, claiming that Bawankule and his family own around 1,147 acres of land in three villages in Kamptee tehsil of Nagpur. The video also contained objectionable language against the minister and his family, the complaint said.
Ingle approached the Koradi police and filed a complaint, stating that the content was false and defamatory. Acting on the complaint, the police registered a case against Darekar under sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS).
The matter is being investigated and further action will be taken based on the findings of the investigation, the police officials said.