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Mangaluru activist arrested for Facebook post mocking cheetah project #IndiaNEWS
The Karnataka Police on Saturday arrested a Mangaluru activist after a complaint was filed against him for a social media post mocking a project launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi for reintroducing cheetahs into India, reported The Hindu.In a Facebook post on October 3, the activist named Sunil Bajilakeri had shared a morphed photo of a pregnant woman with the face of a cheetah. He then asked when is the “baby shower�? of one of the eight cheetahs that arrived in India from Namibia last month. He was apparently referring to speculation that the cheetah was pregnant, a piece of news that had later turned out to be false.A complaint was filed against Bajilakeri by a woman from Yedapadavu on Friday, alleging that the post had defamed women and this would cause unrest in society, reported The New Indian Express. The police registered her complaint under Sections 153 A (promoting enmity between different groups), 505 (1)(B) (with intent to cause, or which is likely to cause, fear or alarm to the public) 509 (word, gesture or act intended to insult the modesty of a woman) of the Indian Penal Code as well as under Section 6 of the Indecent Representation of Women (Prohibition) Act.When the police went to serve a notice to Bajilakeri, the...Read more

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