{
  "id": 5248714,
  "title": "Santosh Pandit Held! Pune Police Detain Activist Days After Being Booked Over Reel On Minister Chandrakant Patil - VIDEO Shows Late-Night Action",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/03/santosh-pandit-held-pune-police-detain-activist-days-after-being",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-03T04:16:11.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Press Journal",
    "slug": "free-press-journal",
    "url": "https://www.freepressjournal.in/pune/santosh-pandit-held-pune-police-detain-activist-days-after-being-booked-over-reel-on-minister-chandrakant-patil-video-shows-late-night-action"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Pune police apprehended social media activist Santosh Pandit around 1 am on Thursday, following his previous booking by Deccan Police. The arrest occurred after a complaint was filed alleging an abusive video targeting Maharashtra minister Chandrakant Patil. Footage of the police action has surfaced on social media.",
  "summary": "Pune: Social media activist and content creator Santosh Pandit was reportedly taken into custody by Pune Police around 1 am on Thursday from his residence, days after the Deccan Police registered a case against him over an allegedly abusive video targeting Maharashtra minister Chandrakant Patil. Videos purportedly showing police taking Pandit away from his home have since surfaced on social…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Hindustan Times",
        "title": "Activist detained over remarks against Maharashtra minister Chandrakant Patil",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/03/activist-detained-over-remarks-against-maharashtra-minister",
        "published": "2026-09-03T02:57:56.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}