Cartoonist Held In India For Insulting Religious Practices

This one seems pretty straight-forward at this time, although no less depressing for it. The cartoonist Harish Yadav, who works under the pen-name Mussaveer in the Prabhat Kiran afternoon paper published in the city of Indore, was picked up Tuesday by police on charge of insulting the religious beliefs of Muslims. At issue was a cartoon based on a minister's decision not to don a skull cap during a recent fast.

The 39-year-old Yadav was released on bail yesterday morning. A complaint had been filed on September 20, which was the day the cartoon initially appeared; one report suggests that the police needed a few days to track the cartoonist down. The paper ran an apology Wednesday, but its principal actors defended the cartoon to press.
 
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