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Man booked for obscene post on Urmila Matondkar

Urmila Matondkar had made her political debut as a Congress nominee from Mumbai North constituency in recently-concluded Lok Sabha elections, but lost to BJP heavyweight Gopal Shetty.

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According to his complaint, Matondkar, Congress contestant from Mumbai North constituency, made statements against Hinduism that were “false, mischievous and deceitful”. (File photo)

By: PTI
Pune | May 28, 2019 09:31 AM IST

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Urmila Matondkar contested in the recently concluded Lok Sabha elections. (File photo)

A 57-year-old man has been booked for allegedly posting a derogatory matter on actress Urmila Matondkar on social media, police said.

Vishrambaug police registered a complaint against Dhananjay Kudtarkar, a resident of Pune in Maharashtra, after an MNS officer-bearer flagged the post.

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“The suspect using his social media account put a derogatory post against actress Urmila (Matondkar) and made sexually coloured remarks,” said a police officer attached to Vishrambaug police station.

A case has been registered against Kudtarkar under section 354 (A) 1 (4) (making sexually coloured remarks; shall be guilty of the offence of sexual harassment) and sections of IT Act.

No arrest has been made so far and investigation is underway.

Urmila Matondkar, who has acted in a number of Bollywood movies, had made her political debut as a Congress nominee from Mumbai North constituency in recently-concluded Lok Sabha elections, but lost to BJP heavyweight Gopal Shetty.