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The Chennai police filed the FIR against Bala and two other journalists for staging a protest against the cartoonist's earlier arrest.
Tamil Nadu cartoonist Bala is in legal soup once again as a fresh FIR has been registered against him.
The Chennai police filed the FIR against Bala and two other journalists for staging a protest against the cartoonist's earlier arrest.
Chennai: Another FIR registered against Cartoonist Bala and journalists protesting against the arrest of Bala. The cartoonist was arrested for drawing a cartoon criticizing TN CM
&; ANI (@ANI) November 28, 2017
Bala was arrested in the first week of November after a defamatory case was registered against him on account of a caricature that allegedly depicted state Chief Minister Edappadi Palanisamy in a distasteful manner.
The caricature was published following an incident where a couple and their two children self-immolated at the collectorate, alleging police inaction on a usury complaint.
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