Satara communal violence claimed one life, injured ten others over a social media post. All you need to know

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Maharashtra's Satara, a purported controversial social media post about a mythological character saw a large mob pelting stone at a mosque, burning motorbikes at the religious shrine's parking lot, killing a man who had entered the mosque to pray and leave ten others injured. Even though the violence has died down, it left deeper scars and forced a family to search for newer ways to survive as their sole bread winner was killed by an angry mob, when he went to offer Friday prayers at the mosque in Pusesawali village in Maharashtra's Satara district on Sunday.

Notably, Maharashtra witnessed two severely aggressive episodes in a psan of few week. The first one was the Maratha Quota violence and the second one is the Satara communal violence.

On Sunday members of two communities clashed at a village in Maharashtra's Satara district following an "objectionable" post on social media. According to the Maharashtra police, the violence was allegedly triggered by an `objectionable' post about a historical figure and mythological character In connection with the objectionable post, a case was registered under IPC section 295A (deliberate and malicious acts, intended to outrage religious feelings of any class by insulting its religion or religious beliefs) and the youth who allegedly uploaded it was arrested, the IG informed.

The incident, which took place at Maharashtra's Pusesawali village in Khatao tehsil on Sunday night, led to tension between the two communities, prompting the police administration to suspend Internet services in the district as a precautionary measure. Some houses were damaged after being set on fire, a senior district administration official said.