Mumbai: Four Shiv Sena workers were arrested on Friday (September 12) for assaulting a retired Indian Navy officer. The Sena workers allegedly thrashed the ex-army officer for forwarding a cartoon on WhatsApp which made fun of Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray, police said.
The ex-nay officer is identified as Madan Sharma who is 65-years-old and sustained an eye injury after the incident. Speaking to ANI on Friday, Madan Sharma, the former Navy officer said that he was attacked after he forwarded a message on Whatsapp. “Eight to ten persons attacked and beat me up today after I received threatening calls for a message that I had forwarded. I have worked for the nation my entire life. A government like this should not exist,” Sharma said.
The incident took place in Lokhandwala Complex area in suburban Kandivali. A case under IPC Section 325 (causing grievous hurt) and provisions related to rioting was registered against the accused.
Reacting to the incident, Former Maharashtra chief minister Devendra Fadnavis expressed shock and slammed the Thackeray government. He appealed to the state`s Chief Minister to take action against the accused.
“An extremely sad and shocking incident. A retired naval officer got beaten up by goons because of just a Whatsapp forward. Please stop this GundaRaj Hon Uddhav Thackeray ji. We demand strong action and punishment to these goons,” Fadnavis tweeted, along with a picture of the officer.
Source: Zee News