Overview

• Samta Nagar police registered an FIR against a housing society secretary after an official group email allegedly contained defamatory remarks about a resident’s wife.
• The complaint followed an October 10 exchange tied to a managing committee agenda, with charges under BNS Sections 79 and 356(2) alongside the Information Technology Act.
• In a separate case, Thane city police arrested 26-year-old Mohan Jyotiba Pawar for alleged extortion targeting an MLA, booking him under BNS Section 308(3) and the IT Act.
• Investigators used technical inputs and call detail records to trace the suspect to Kolhapur before taking him into custody.
• Police say the accused posed as a woman, sent obscene material, demanded Rs 5–10 lakh, and used a photo of his sister’s Aadhaar card, while maintaining no woman was involved.