"Unheard of:" Bombay High Court irked at arrest of student over tweet against Sharad Pawar

A bench of Justices SS Shinde and Milind Jadhav wondered how the tweet could have been the basis for a slew of first information reports (FIRs) against Bhamre.

Sharad Pawar with Social media posts

Neha Joshi

The Bombay High Court on Monday deprecated the Maharashtra government for arresting 21-year-old student Nikhil Bhamre after he had tweeted against Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader Sharad Pawar.

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