The crime branch wing of Tamil Nadu Police today arrested a freelance cartoonist Bala G for his caricature, wherein he is criticising the chief minister and district administration for being unable to help a distressed family. Bala's cartoon shames Chief Minister E Palaniswami, Tirunelveli police commissioner and the district collector for standing by while a child burns to death. This comes as a direct rebuttal to a recent incident, wherein a daily wage labourer's family of four set themselves ablaze outside the collector's office in Tirunelveli. Isakimuthu and his wife Subbulakshmi were allegedly being harassed by a money lender even after they had paid the dues. After six trips to the collector's office with pleas of help and disappointed with police inaction, the hapless couple along with their two daughters- aged 2 and 4 committed suicide.

Source: India Today November 05, 2017 12:09 UTC