Post against Pawar: Support grows for Chitale as she spends Day 15 behind bars
India Today
Support is growing online for young Marathi actor Chitale, who was arrested for an alleged derogatory post on NCP supremo Sharad Pawar.
A Magistrate court in Thane rejected the bail plea of Marathi actor Ketki Chitale who was arrested for allegedly uploading a social media post against Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief Sharad Pawar. Support for the young actor is growing online with #ketakichitale campaign on Twitter.
Free #ketakichitale
"This is harassment, censorship and crushing freedom of expression," said one Twitter user after Chitale was denied bail on Friday. The Magistrate court had said that the crime was of a 'serious nature'.
if a social media post by even a relative unknown (compared to the maharathis in the country) can cause social disturbance, then something is seriously wrong with the state.This is harassment. and censorship. and crushing freedom of expressionhttps://t.co/61WjxIgR4r
