Tamil Nadu: Cartoonist G Bala arrested for blaming EPS for family suicide

The crime branch wing of Tamil Nadu Police today arrested a freelance cartoonist G Bala for a caricature he made criticising the chief minister and his district administration.

He posted the cartoon on his Facebook page, that has till now garnered about 4,000 likes and 12,000 shares.

G Bala's cartoon shames Chief Minister E Palaniswami, Tirunelveli police commissioner and the district collector for standing by while a child chars to death.

This comes as a direct rebuttal to a recent incident, where 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, disappointed with inaction by the police, the hapless couple along with their two daughters- aged 2 and 4 committed suicide.