AURANGABAD: A teenage boy’s alleged act of putting social media status message glorifying Mughal emperor Aurangzeb has triggered tension in Ashti town of Maharashtra’s Beed district, with some Hindutva organisations giving a “bandh” call, police said on Friday.

Commercial establishments in the market area of Ashti, located around 80 km from Beed district headquarters, are shut in response to the ‘bandh’ call, they said.

This comes against the backdrop of some youths displaying photos of 17th century Mughal emperor Aurangzeb in a procession in Ahmednagar.

Beed Superintendent of Police (SP) Nandkumar Thakur said, “The boy is not in Ashti at present. He is in Mumbai on a vacation. He will be asked to return and once he comes back, he will be presented in a juvenile court after investigation.”

No untoward incident has been reported so far during the ‘bandh’, he said.

Ghoti town in tension over Facebook post by man

Some local residents have sought action against a man over his Facebook post, which they alleged hurt their religious sentiments, police said on Friday. The police took the 23-year-old accused into custody. “The man had posted some edited photographs on the social media platform, which went viral and triggered tension,” a police official said.

A case was registered under Indian Penal Code (IPC) section 295-A (deliberate and malicious acts intended to outrage religious feelings of any class by insulting its religion or religious beliefs) against the accused and he was taken into custody, the police said.