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.