Mumbai Women Arrested for Political Facebook Comment

Following the death of Bal Thackeray, leader and founder of the Shiv Sena political party, 21-year-old Shaheen Dhadha was arrested for a Facebook comment that didn't please many Indian citizens.

People like Thackeray are born and die daily and one should not observe a bandh for that, Dhadha wrote on her Facebook wall.

NDTV reports that the Facebook post also said, "Respect is earned, not given and definitely not forced. Today Mumbai shuts down due to fear and not due to respect."

A bandh is a city wide shutdown, and in the wake of Thackeray's death, Mumbai came to a near standstill. But Dhadha's Facebook status got the city reawakened.

Dhadha's Facebook friend Renu (…
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