India, April 30 -- A Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) youth wing office-bearer has landed in legal trouble after allegedly referring to Kondhwa as the "Karachi of Pakistan" in a social media video, triggering outrage among residents and activists.

The Kondhwa police on Wednesday registered a suo motu FIR against Sarvesh Mehendale under Section 353(2) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita for allegedly publishing content that could promote enmity between groups, a senior police officer said.

According to the police, the video was shot from a hospital building along a main road in Kondhwa, where Mehendale was purportedly flagging encroachments outside the premises. However, the caption-"Welcome to Kondhwa of Pakistan"-and his remarks comparing the l...