The Bombay High Court on August 22 clubbed all the FIRs lodged against Marathi actor Ketaki Chitale and student Nikhil Bhamre, accused of uploading defamatory posts against Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) president Sharad Pawar, at the police station where the first case was lodged against them.
There are 22 FIRs registered against Ms. Chitale and six against Mr. Bhamre, a resident of Nashik. With the HC Order, all the FIRs against Ms. Chitale have now been clubbed with the first FIR lodged against her at Kalwa police station in neighbouring Thane district. All FIRs against Mr. Bhamre would now be clubbed at Naupada police station in Thane.