The Nashik police on Saturday registered a non-cognisable offence against five persons for allegedly creating and circulating an objectionable video on Facebook and other social media platforms about former Chief Minister and senior BJP leader Devendra Fadnavis.
Acting on a complaint filed by the BJP’s local unit president Hemant Gaikwad, the Nashik Road police registered a case against five persons for allegedly trying to defame Fadnavis during his visit to Nashsik on Friday.
According to the complaint, one unidentified person prepared an objectionable video against Fadnavis and tried to defame the former chief minister.
The five persons, against whom the police have registered a case, were identified as Sanket Bhosale, Ratan Khalkar, Pramod Khonkhade, Rahul Joshi and Bunty Thakre.
They had allegedly used their Facebook accounts to circulate the objectionable video.
In his complaint, Gaikwad has alleged that the person who had video had threatened to attack Fadnavis and heaped abuses on the former chief minister and former State minister Girish Mahajan.