On Wednesday Shiv Sainiks lodged a complaint against another Facebook user for an anti-Bal Thackeray remark, warning police that if the case weren't resolved within eight days, the party would take matters into their own hands.
The Panvel (rural) police station has forwarded the matter to senior officials in the cyber crime department and sources say suitable steps would be taken only after a thorough inquiry.
According to the accusers — Bhargav Samant, who is Raigad district president of Yuva Sena, and Sena activist Yogesh Indulkar — they were informed by a friend about the Facebook page of a person named Abhay Haridas Kamble, who had posted an ‘offensive' comment against Bal Thackeray.
“This man was congratulating everyone on the death of our leader. He even used words that I am ashamed of repeating.