A 24-year-old man was arrested from Pune city for allegedly posting on social media a fake letter in the name of Maharashtra Bhushan awardee Appasaheb Dharmadhikari, an official said on Tuesday. The letter had purportedly stated that Dharmadhikari would return the state award given to him recently at a function in Kharghar in Navi Mumbai in view of the heatstroke tragedy which claimed 14 lives after the event.

The arrest was made by Raigad Police which registered an FIR at Revdanda police station based on a complaint lodged by Dharmadhikari's secretary Sandip Patil about the fake letter.