Pune: Shiv Sainiks on Saturday went on rampage in the city and surrounding areas and pelted stones at buses following a controversial post against warrior king Shivaji and Shiv Sena boss Bal Thackeray.

According to reports, angry workers and supporters of Shiv Sena took to the streets at around 9pm after derogatory images of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj and Bal Thackeray was being circulated on social media. It is learnt that Shiv Sainiks gheraoed Home Minister R R Patil’s residence and sought removal of the objectionable content in 24 hours.

About eight buses were damaged in the incidents that took place on Saturday night and Sunday morning as the Sena activists took to the streets and filed complaints with police demanding immediate removal of the post, police said.

Shops in various areas of the city downed their shutters this morning in response to appeal by the Sainiks to join the protest. Cyber crime branch of police said the post was now deleted from the social networking site and urged the protesters to maintain calm.

The situation was under control, police said, adding that they were investigating into the source of the controversial post of the concerned Facebook account. In 2012, two girls were arrested over a controversial Facebook post on Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray.

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