A scholar was allegedly attacked on the premises of Savitribai Phule Pune College (SPPU) for deleting a “political” submit on a WhatsApp group on Friday. The coed, recognized as Anil Funde (28), lodged the primary info report (FIR) within the case at Chaturshringi police station.
Police have booked 4 kids recognized as Ram Tarpude, Karun Wakode, Vaibhav Dighe and Ganesh Kakade and their aides below sections 324, 323, 504, 506, 143, 147, 149 of the Indian Penal Code.
Assistant police inspector Sambhaji Gurav, the investigation officer, mentioned the complainant Funde is a scholar of SPPU’s Philosophy division and is related to the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP), whereas the accused have hyperlinks with with the Yuva Sena of the Shiv Sena (UBT).
Police mentioned Funde is a member of a WhatsApp group ‘SPPU Boys Hostel’ that has a whole lot of members, together with present and former college students, and that it’s not linked to any specific group or political occasion.
As said within the FIR, the “admin” of the WhatsApp group had given directions that members mustn’t put up any political posts on it.
The FIR talked about that Tarpude had on Thursday posted a message within the WhatsApp group about Ravindra Dhangekar’s nomination by the Congress on contesting the Lok Sabha elections from Pune. Funde deleted it the identical day because it was a “political submit”, the FIR said.
It additional talked about that Tarpude had referred to as Funde on his telephone and requested him to fulfill him on the Adarsh Canteen in SPPU.
Funde and his buddies went to fulfill Tarpude on the canteen round 4.30 pm on Friday. Tarpude questioned Funde for deleting his submit on the WhatsApp group. Funde replied by saying that political posts weren’t allowed on the group. Tarpude bought offended and his buddies and him allegedly attacked Funde. As said within the FIR, they allegedly thrashed Funde with plastic chairs, leaving him injured.
After receiving details about the incident, a police workforce arrived on the spot for an investigation. “We’ve issued notices to the accused as per the regulation and additional investigation is on,” mentioned Gurav.