The Pune police have decided to take strict action against the people suspected of killing IT graduate Shaikh Mosim Mohammad Sadik (28) in Hadapsar on Monday evening in violence related to the Facebook posts that had held large chunks of the city to ransom on Saturday and Sunday as well.

Putting it together: The city had been held to ransom by the violence on Saturday and Sunday

The police is considering booking the suspects under the Maharashtra Prevention of Dangerous Activities (MPDA) Act, which provides for imprisonment for at least one year as soon as a person is booked under it, Police Commissioner Satish Mathur told reporters yesterday that the suspects arrested in Sadik’s murder had been indoctrinated. “We are exploring the possibility of applying the stringent MPDA act against these suspects,” he said.