Coronavirus: Pune man booked for hateful social media message

Pune, Apr 6 () A 54-year-old man from PimpriChinchwad in Pune district was booked for allegedly posting amessage on a social media group against a minority communityamid the coronavirus outbreak, police said on Monday.

Sushilkumar Khairalia, in his post, asked people notto buy vegetables from vendors of this community nor allowthem into society premises, a Nigdi police station officialsaid.

"The post was hateful and detrimental to communalharmony, hence we registered a case against him for promotingenmity among groups," he said. SPKBNM BNM