2015-01-29 16:01
Mumbai -Police have arrested and bailed the editor of an
Urdu-language newspaper in Mumbai for reprinting a cartoon of the
Prophet Mohammed from satirical French magazine Charlie Hebdo, police
said Thursday.
Shirin Dalvi, editor of the Mumbai edition of the
daily Avadhnama newspaper, was arrested by police in the town of Mumbra
in Thane district, close to the financial capital.
The editor was
arrested under section 295A of the Indian Penal Code, which bans
malicious and deliberate acts intended to outrage religious feelings.
"She
was arrested by us, produced in the court and granted bail. We are
investigating the matter," S.M. Mundhe, senior police inspector in
Mumbra, told AFP.
The
Indian Express said several readers approached police in Mumbai and
Thane after Urdu paper Avadhnama reprinted the Charlie Hebdo cover
image, which was published after gunmen stormed the magazine's offices
in Paris on January 7 and killed 12 people.
That cover issue
showed the Prophet Mohammed with a tear in his eye holding a "Je suis
Charlie" sign -- the slogan taken up by supporters of the magazine after
the shootings -- under the headline "All is forgiven".
Mundhe did
not confirm details of the Charlie Hebdo cover in question and AFP was
unable to reach staff who could comment at Avadhnama, which has several
editions across India.
Last week, tens of thousands across
Muslim-majority Indian Kashmir, Afghanistan and Pakistan took to the
streets to protest against Charlie Hebdo's cartoon portrayal of the
Prophet Mohammed.
Images of the prophet are considered blasphemous
by many Muslims and the magazine's publishing of the cartoon has
trigged protests in Muslim countries around the world.
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