Facebook row: Sena bandh in Palghar over arrest of cops - NewsX

The Shiv Sena is enforcing a complete bandh in Palghar today - where two young girls were arrested recently for their Facebook posts on Bal Thackeray's death. Reports say schools, colleges and markets are closed. Bus services are limited. The courts are working. The bandh call is in protest against the suspension of two policemen for arresting two young women for their Facebook posts against the shutdown in Mumbai after Bal Thackeray's death.. The Maharashtra Government had suspended both the police officers who ordered these arrests. State Home Minister R.R. Patil announced that Thane District Superintendant of Police Ravindra Sengaonkar and Senior Police Inspector of Palghar police station Srikant Pingale were suspended.

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