Over 300 booked for raising objectionable slogans

Pune city police on Sunday booked over 300 people for illegally assembling, conducting a protest march without permission, and raising objectionable slogans in front of the collector’s office.

The demonstration was held in front of the Pune district collector office on Friday demanding arrest of Mahant Ramgiri Maharaj for his controversial statement. However,during the protest some of the protesters raised controversial slogans.

A video of controversial slogans made rounds on social media, acting on which Bund Garden police registered a case under sections 189(2), 190, 196, and 223 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, as well as sections 135 and 37(1) of the Maharashtra Police Act.

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