Palghar: Shiv Sena corporator booked for alleged assault over Facebook comment; 2 people arrested

Police on Tuesday registered a case against a woman Shiv Sena corporator in Nalasopara in Maharashtras Palghar district and arrested two people in connection with the alleged assault of a man over a comment he posted on Facebook officials saidThe case was registered against Hemlata Singh a corporator of the Vasai Virar City Municipal Corporation VVCMC at Tulinj police station Singh represents Ward 18 in NalasoparaMan allegedly assaulted over Facebook commentAccording to police the incident followed an objectionable comment allegedly posted by the victim identified as Dharmendra Vishwakarma on FacebookIn his complaint Vishwakarma said he was called to a hotel by a man identified as Arjun Dubey When he reached the location Singh and her associate Amrish allegedly confronted himThe FIR states that Vishwakarma was pushed and slapped before being assaulted with bamboo sticksThe complaint also alleges that his gold chain was snatched during the assault and that his smartphone valued at around Rs 20000 was stolenPolice register cases and make arrestsPolice have registered cases in connection with the incident including a crossFIR officials saidVishwakarma and one Manish Singh who police identified as an associate of the corporator have been arrested in connection with the casePolice said Hemlata Singh and other key suspects are currently absconding and that further investigation is underwayThe allegations in the FIR are yet to be established through the investigation Police are examining the circumstances surrounding the alleged assault including the events that led to the confrontation and the claims regarding the alleged theft of the victims belongingsHospital assault case preceded incidentThe incident comes days after another case of alleged assault involving Shiv Sena members in Palghar districtDuring the intervening night of September 5 and 6 a group of people allegedly attacked staff members at a private hospital in Palghar over the treatment of an injured participant in the Dahi Handi celebrationsShiv Sena Palghar city chief Rahul Gharat was arrested in connection with that incident Another 14 people were arrested on Friday including Rohit the son of Shiv Sena MLA Rajendra GavitThe arrests followed allegations that hospital staff were assaulted after the injured participant was brought to the facility for treatmentAnother corporator faced assault allegationsIn a separate incident on July 6 Shiv Sena corporator Ramesh Mhatre of the Kalyan Dombivli Municipal Corporation KDMC in Thane district and his associates were accused of assaulting doctors and other hospital staff at Shastri Nagar Hospital in DombivliThe alleged assault followed claims of a delay in the treatment of a patient at the hospitalMhatre and four others were charged under provisions of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita BNS relating to assault causing hurt unlawful assembly rioting criminal intimidation intentional insult outraging the modesty of a woman and obstructing public servants from performing their dutiesWith inputs from PTI