Narvekar and Gorhe were charged with trying to cause rioting during the shutdown call given by the Sena-BJP alliance on Tuesday. The call was given by the alliance to protest the removal of the statue of Dadaji Konddev.

The Sena was exposed when the phone taps of Narvekar and Gorhe, Sena spokeswoman and legislator revealed that the two were hatching a conspiracy to create law and order problem in the city during the shutdown.

Police Inspector Manohar Joshi of the Special Branch lodged an First Information Report (FIR) at the Bund Garden police station in which he sated that the phone conversations of Narvekar and Gorhe were intercepted by the police. During the conversation Narvekar told Gorhe "On Tuesday, at 6 a.m., 200-300 people should take to the streets in Pune. Early in the morning, at least five State Transport (ST) buses at Pune station, Swargate and Shivajinagar ST Stand should be set ablaze. It must be done all of a sudden. Manage TV channel crew and get the shots, so that it can reach the people."

Narvekar further told Gorhe "At 6 a.m., torch two trucks on the Mumbai-Pune Express way so that the traffic coming toward Pune is automatically stopped. Also torch two ST buses there."

The police had tapped phones of some political leaders after receiving information that the Sena leaders were planning to create troubles during the shutdown and even trigger communal riots between Hindus and Muslims.

Narvekar when contacted refused to comment stating that he was not aware any FIR lodged against him, while Gorhe stated that the police have not informed her about any case registered against her and that she will seek legal opinion.

Meanwhile, the police on Thursday submitted a copy of the FIR and a Compact Disc (CD) containing the recording of the cellphone conversation between Narvekar and Gorhe in a sealed enveloped to the court of Judicial Magistrate First Class (JMFC) R.L. Wankhede.

A police officer said after receiving information on Monday that some political leaders were planning to create disturbances in Pune during the shutdown, the police tapped calls made by some leaders on their cell and landline phones. On Dec. 27, at 11.56 p.m., the police recorded the cell phone conversation in which Narvekar gave directions to Gorhe on creating law and order problems in Pune. After hearing the conversations between Narvekar and Gorhe, the city police alerted their rural counterparts and kept a sharp vigil on the activities of these leaders.

"Thanks to the cell phone interception of Narvekar and Gorhe, we were able to foil the conspiracy of the Sena to create trouble. Except for a torching of a Pune Municipal Transport (PMT) bus at suburb Pimpri, the police were able to prevent other incidents of setting buses ablaze in other parts of the city and rural areas by the Sena workers," a police official said.