New Delhi: A 68-year-old man has been arrested for allegedly pasting slogans in favour of the banned Popular Front of India, outside a few houses, to falsely implicate his housing society members, with whom he had a dispute, the Indian Express reported.The stickers pasted outside the Neel Angan society in New Panvel read ‘PFI Zindabad’ and ‘786’, the report said.Additionally, firecrackers were tied outside some houses.Realising that these acts were meant to create hatred between the two communities, the residents reported the matter to the police.A case was registered on June 24 under Section 153 (A) (promoting enmity between different groups on grounds of religion, race, place of birth, residence, language, etc., and committing acts prejudicial to maintenance of harmony) of the Indian Penal Code.While investigating the case, police officials checked the CCTV footage of the premises, wherein they saw that the society’s secretary – Eknath Kevale – was repeatedly going to the terrace of the building.But Kevale would regularly visit the police station to inquire about the ongoing investigation.However, after the probing team placed evidence before him and interrogated him, he broke down and confessed, the daily reported.“Kevale wanted to land them in trouble due to which he tried to implicate them by writing messages with green sketch pens, and going around secretly in the wee hours of June 23, pasting stickers supporting a banned organisation,” a senior police official told the newspaper.Kevale said he didn’t know that the matter would blow out of proportion. After his confession, he was arrested and appropriate legal action was taken against him.