A court in Maharashtra on Sunday remanded Marathi actor Ketaki Chitale in police custody till May 18 following her arrest for allegedly sharing an objectionable post on social media about NCP chief Sharad Pawar, an official said.
Later, the Pune cyber police, who have also registered a case against Ms Chitale, said they will seek the actor's custody after the expiry of her remand with the Thane police.
In more trouble for Ms Chitale, two cases were registered at separate police stations in Mumbai for allegedly sharing the objectionable post, an official said on Sunday.
Besides, an organisation in Pune demanded that Ms Chitale be charged with treason over the alleged reference to Sant Tukaram in the post shared by her.
Ms Chitale (29), a film and TV actress, was arrested by the Thane police on Saturday over a post she allegedly shared on her Facebook page.
The post shared by Ms Chitale, which was in verse form, was purportedly written by someone else. It contained phrases like "hell is waiting" and "you hate Brahmins", allegedly referring to the NCP president.
She was on Sunday produced before a holiday court which remanded her in the Thane police custody till May 18, a senior police official said.
Later in the day, Pune cyber police inspector Dagadu Hake said, "We have booked Chitale and will seek her custody after her remand with the Thane police gets over." Meanwhile, the Nashik sessions court on Sunday remanded 23-year-old pharmacy student, Nikhil Bhamre, to police custody till May 16, a day after he was arrested for allegedly posting an objectionable comment alluding to Mr Pawar on Twitter.
The fresh FIRs were registered against Ms Chitale at Bhoiwada police station and Goregaon police station in Mumbai on Saturday night. The case at Bhoiwada was lodged by advocate Prashant Duete, who heads NCP's student wing in Mumbai.
Ms Chitale was booked under Indian Penal Code sections 500 (defamation), 501 (printing or engraving matter known to be defamatory), 505 (2) (making, publishing or circulating any statement, rumour or report promoting enmity, hatred or ill will between classes), 153 A (spreading disharmony among people).
Cases were already registered against her in Mumbai, Kalwa, Pune, and Dhule, mainly on complaints of NCP activists.
In Dhule, in north Maharashtra, a case was registered against Ms Chitale and Nitin Bhave, the purported author of the post shared by her, police said on Saturday.