22 FIRs and 34 days in jail for Marathi actor Ketaki Chitale for sharing one nasty Facebook post shows how a state can go overboard to crush social media nuisance. And then we complain of overcrowded jails and judicial pendency. High time the higher judiciary ends this petty political vindictiveness.
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