The Pune police on Saturday registered a complaint against senior journalist and political analyst Bhahu Toraskar and a web portal, alleging that a conspiracy had been to kill NCP chief Sharad Pawar.
In a complaint lodged against Toraskar and a web portal with the Shivajinagar police station in Pune, NCP activist and office-bearer Laxmikant Khabia stated that the conspiracy was part of the messages and posters floating around in the social media trying to create enmity among different communities and pose a threat to social and political harmony in the state.
The complainant also said that messages were also floating in the social media instigating the people to kill Pawar. He also cited a news report aired by a local television channel. “A large number of outrageous remarks have been posted in the social media and suggestions have been made to eliminate Sharad Pawar,” the complainant said.
“We thought that propaganda of this kind would end after the recent State Assembly polls. That’s why we had not paid much of attention to this propaganda,” Khabia said.
“However, after the advent of the Shiv Sena-NCP-Congress alliance’s MVA government, Toraskar and others have posted on You Tube objectionable speeches which were originally aired on web portals like “Postman” and “Think Tank” which incite youngsters to eliminate Pawar. Among other things, bombs or bullets have been suggested as means to eliminate the NCP president,” Khabia stated in his complaint.