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'Communal' post on FB triggers tension in Bhandara
Ref: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/nagpur/Communal-post-on-FB-triggers-tension-in-Bhandara/articleshow/46602199.cms
BHANDARA, Maharashtra

Timely action by Bhandara police prevented a flare-up between two communities after a Std X student's derogatory Facebook post briefly sparked tension in the city on Monday night.

The student posted an objectionable photograph about a place of worship of Muslims while a friend of the boy wrote a derogatory remark about Prophet Mohammed on the post. This led to members of the aggrieved community barging into the boy's friend's house and thrashing him.