MP: Cartoonist booked for ‘indecent’ social media posts on RSS and BJP

Indore, May 22 (IANS) Madhya Pradesh Police person booked cartoonist Hemant Malviya for allegedly sharing “indecent” societal media posts astir the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) functionaries and BJP leaders.

Action came pursuing a ailment filed astatine Indore's Lasudiya constabulary station, alleging that Malviya's cartoons astir the RSS and BJP leaders shared connected his societal media accounts (X, and Facebook) are “offensive” and “indecent.”

The ailment besides claimed that Malviya was intentionally posting videos and messages connected societal media to wounded the spiritual sentiments of Hindus and tarnish the representation of the RSS, according to police.

A elder constabulary authoritative astatine Indore’s Lasudiya constabulary presumption told media persons that aft receiving a ailment and examining it, it was recovered that Malviya has shared respective videos and cartoons astir BJP and RSS functionaries.

The contents posted connected Hemant Malviya's Facebook and different societal media accounts see comments, cartoons, videos and photos related to Lord Shiva, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, RSS, etc.

To which, the ailment claimed that astir of these messages are "objectionable" and "indecent", which were shared deliberately to people the functionaries of the BJP and RSS, and "hurting" the sentiments of Hindus.

According to police, cartoonist has been booked nether Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita sections 196 (acts detrimental to communal harmony), 299 (deliberate enactment intended to wounded spiritual sentiments) and 352 (intentional insult with intent to breach peace) and conception 67A of Information Technology Act (publication oregon transmission of worldly depicting sexually explicit acts successful physics form).

However, constabulary had not yet arrested Malviya, saying that further enactment would beryllium taken arsenic per the result of the investigation.

"We person registered a case, and further probe is underway. We volition instrumentality further enactment based connected the result of the investigation," the constabulary authoritative added.

Malviya's Facebook illustration includes a disclaimer stating each characters successful his cartoons are "fictional," and immoderate resemblance to existent persons is "coincidental" and based connected "viewers' imagination".

--IANS

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