more-inA Tirunelveli Police team on Sunday picked up G. Bala (36), a cartoonist, who was charged with defaming the Chief Minister, the Tirunelveli Collector and the City Commissioner of Police by representing them in an obscene way. Sources said the cartoonist was detained by the team in Chennai and being brought to Tirunelveli. Collector Sandeep Nanduri told The Hindu that he lodged a complaint with the District Crime Branch a week ago in connection with such awfully bad representation of the Chief Minister and government officials by the cartoonist. “On his Facebook page, the cartoonist seemed to have boasted of his actions and I also received such cartoon image through WhatsApp about a week ago. Hence, I personally lodged the complaint with the police for action,” the Collector said.

Source: The Hindu November 05, 2017 11:47 UTC