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(int) 1 => object(Cake\Http\Response) {}, (int) 2 => object(Cake\Http\Runner) {} ] ], (int) 13 => [ 'file' => '/home/brlfuser/public_html/vendor/cakephp/cakephp/src/Http/Runner.php', 'line' => (int) 51, 'function' => '__invoke', 'class' => 'Cake\Http\Runner', 'object' => object(Cake\Http\Runner) {}, 'type' => '->', 'args' => [ (int) 0 => object(Cake\Http\ServerRequest) {}, (int) 1 => object(Cake\Http\Response) {} ] ], (int) 14 => [ 'file' => '/home/brlfuser/public_html/vendor/cakephp/cakephp/src/Http/Server.php', 'line' => (int) 98, 'function' => 'run', 'class' => 'Cake\Http\Runner', 'object' => object(Cake\Http\Runner) {}, 'type' => '->', 'args' => [ (int) 0 => object(Cake\Http\MiddlewareQueue) {}, (int) 1 => object(Cake\Http\ServerRequest) {}, (int) 2 => object(Cake\Http\Response) {} ] ], (int) 15 => [ 'file' => '/home/brlfuser/public_html/webroot/index.php', 'line' => (int) 39, 'function' => 'run', 'class' => 'Cake\Http\Server', 'object' => object(Cake\Http\Server) {}, 'type' => '->', 'args' => [] ] ] $frame = [ 'file' => '/home/brlfuser/public_html/src/Controller/ArtileDetailController.php', 'line' => (int) 73, 'function' => 'offsetGet', 'class' => 'Cake\Http\ServerRequest', 'object' => object(Cake\Http\ServerRequest) { trustProxy => false [protected] params => [ [maximum depth reached] ] [protected] data => [[maximum depth reached]] [protected] query => [[maximum depth reached]] [protected] cookies => [ [maximum depth reached] ] [protected] _environment => [ [maximum depth reached] ] [protected] url => 'latest-news-updates/mamata-cartoons-outrage-in-west-bengal-cm-defends-action-congress-unhappy-14395/print' [protected] base => '' [protected] webroot => '/' [protected] here => '/latest-news-updates/mamata-cartoons-outrage-in-west-bengal-cm-defends-action-congress-unhappy-14395/print' [protected] trustedProxies => [[maximum depth reached]] [protected] _input => null [protected] _detectors => [ [maximum depth reached] ] [protected] _detectorCache => [ [maximum depth reached] ] [protected] stream => object(Zend\Diactoros\PhpInputStream) {} [protected] uri => object(Zend\Diactoros\Uri) {} [protected] session => object(Cake\Http\Session) {} [protected] attributes => [[maximum depth reached]] [protected] emulatedAttributes => [ [maximum depth reached] ] [protected] uploadedFiles => [[maximum depth reached]] [protected] protocol => null [protected] requestTarget => null [private] deprecatedProperties => [ [maximum depth reached] ] }, 'type' => '->', 'args' => [ (int) 0 => 'catslug' ] ]deprecationWarning - CORE/src/Core/functions.php, line 311 Cake\Http\ServerRequest::offsetGet() - CORE/src/Http/ServerRequest.php, line 2421 App\Controller\ArtileDetailController::printArticle() - APP/Controller/ArtileDetailController.php, line 73 Cake\Controller\Controller::invokeAction() - CORE/src/Controller/Controller.php, line 610 Cake\Http\ActionDispatcher::_invoke() - CORE/src/Http/ActionDispatcher.php, line 120 Cake\Http\ActionDispatcher::dispatch() - CORE/src/Http/ActionDispatcher.php, line 94 Cake\Http\BaseApplication::__invoke() - CORE/src/Http/BaseApplication.php, line 235 Cake\Http\Runner::__invoke() - CORE/src/Http/Runner.php, line 65 Cake\Routing\Middleware\RoutingMiddleware::__invoke() - CORE/src/Routing/Middleware/RoutingMiddleware.php, line 162 Cake\Http\Runner::__invoke() - CORE/src/Http/Runner.php, line 65 Cake\Routing\Middleware\AssetMiddleware::__invoke() - CORE/src/Routing/Middleware/AssetMiddleware.php, line 88 Cake\Http\Runner::__invoke() - CORE/src/Http/Runner.php, line 65 Cake\Error\Middleware\ErrorHandlerMiddleware::__invoke() - CORE/src/Error/Middleware/ErrorHandlerMiddleware.php, line 96 Cake\Http\Runner::__invoke() - CORE/src/Http/Runner.php, line 65 Cake\Http\Runner::run() - CORE/src/Http/Runner.php, line 51 Cake\Http\Server::run() - CORE/src/Http/Server.php, line 98
Deprecated (16384): The ArrayAccess methods will be removed in 4.0.0.Use getParam(), getData() and getQuery() instead. - /home/brlfuser/public_html/src/Controller/ArtileDetailController.php, line: 74 You can disable deprecation warnings by setting `Error.errorLevel` to `E_ALL & ~E_USER_DEPRECATED` in your config/app.php. [CORE/src/Core/functions.php, line 311]Code Context
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=> object(Cake\Http\ServerRequest) {}, (int) 1 => object(Cake\Http\Response) {} ] ], (int) 8 => [ 'file' => '/home/brlfuser/public_html/vendor/cakephp/cakephp/src/Http/Runner.php', 'line' => (int) 65, 'function' => '__invoke', 'class' => 'Cake\Routing\Middleware\RoutingMiddleware', 'object' => object(Cake\Routing\Middleware\RoutingMiddleware) {}, 'type' => '->', 'args' => [ (int) 0 => object(Cake\Http\ServerRequest) {}, (int) 1 => object(Cake\Http\Response) {}, (int) 2 => object(Cake\Http\Runner) {} ] ], (int) 9 => [ 'file' => '/home/brlfuser/public_html/vendor/cakephp/cakephp/src/Routing/Middleware/AssetMiddleware.php', 'line' => (int) 88, 'function' => '__invoke', 'class' => 'Cake\Http\Runner', 'object' => object(Cake\Http\Runner) {}, 'type' => '->', 'args' => [ (int) 0 => object(Cake\Http\ServerRequest) {}, (int) 1 => object(Cake\Http\Response) {} ] ], (int) 10 => [ 'file' => '/home/brlfuser/public_html/vendor/cakephp/cakephp/src/Http/Runner.php', 'line' => (int) 65, 'function' => 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(int) 1 => object(Cake\Http\Response) {}, (int) 2 => object(Cake\Http\Runner) {} ] ], (int) 13 => [ 'file' => '/home/brlfuser/public_html/vendor/cakephp/cakephp/src/Http/Runner.php', 'line' => (int) 51, 'function' => '__invoke', 'class' => 'Cake\Http\Runner', 'object' => object(Cake\Http\Runner) {}, 'type' => '->', 'args' => [ (int) 0 => object(Cake\Http\ServerRequest) {}, (int) 1 => object(Cake\Http\Response) {} ] ], (int) 14 => [ 'file' => '/home/brlfuser/public_html/vendor/cakephp/cakephp/src/Http/Server.php', 'line' => (int) 98, 'function' => 'run', 'class' => 'Cake\Http\Runner', 'object' => object(Cake\Http\Runner) {}, 'type' => '->', 'args' => [ (int) 0 => object(Cake\Http\MiddlewareQueue) {}, (int) 1 => object(Cake\Http\ServerRequest) {}, (int) 2 => object(Cake\Http\Response) {} ] ], (int) 15 => [ 'file' => '/home/brlfuser/public_html/webroot/index.php', 'line' => (int) 39, 'function' => 'run', 'class' => 'Cake\Http\Server', 'object' => object(Cake\Http\Server) {}, 'type' => 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depth reached] ] [protected] stream => object(Zend\Diactoros\PhpInputStream) {} [protected] uri => object(Zend\Diactoros\Uri) {} [protected] session => object(Cake\Http\Session) {} [protected] attributes => [[maximum depth reached]] [protected] emulatedAttributes => [ [maximum depth reached] ] [protected] uploadedFiles => [[maximum depth reached]] [protected] protocol => null [protected] requestTarget => null [private] deprecatedProperties => [ [maximum depth reached] ] }, 'type' => '->', 'args' => [ (int) 0 => 'artileslug' ] ]deprecationWarning - CORE/src/Core/functions.php, line 311 Cake\Http\ServerRequest::offsetGet() - CORE/src/Http/ServerRequest.php, line 2421 App\Controller\ArtileDetailController::printArticle() - APP/Controller/ArtileDetailController.php, line 74 Cake\Controller\Controller::invokeAction() - CORE/src/Controller/Controller.php, line 610 Cake\Http\ActionDispatcher::_invoke() - CORE/src/Http/ActionDispatcher.php, line 120 Cake\Http\ActionDispatcher::dispatch() - CORE/src/Http/ActionDispatcher.php, line 94 Cake\Http\BaseApplication::__invoke() - CORE/src/Http/BaseApplication.php, line 235 Cake\Http\Runner::__invoke() - CORE/src/Http/Runner.php, line 65 Cake\Routing\Middleware\RoutingMiddleware::__invoke() - CORE/src/Routing/Middleware/RoutingMiddleware.php, line 162 Cake\Http\Runner::__invoke() - CORE/src/Http/Runner.php, line 65 Cake\Routing\Middleware\AssetMiddleware::__invoke() - CORE/src/Routing/Middleware/AssetMiddleware.php, line 88 Cake\Http\Runner::__invoke() - CORE/src/Http/Runner.php, line 65 Cake\Error\Middleware\ErrorHandlerMiddleware::__invoke() - CORE/src/Error/Middleware/ErrorHandlerMiddleware.php, line 96 Cake\Http\Runner::__invoke() - CORE/src/Http/Runner.php, line 65 Cake\Http\Runner::run() - CORE/src/Http/Runner.php, line 51 Cake\Http\Server::run() - CORE/src/Http/Server.php, line 98
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The professor was later granted bail by an Alipore court. Protests were also held by students and the professor's colleagues at the Jadavpur university campus here.&nbsp; </div> <div style="text-align: justify"> <br /> </div> <div style="text-align: justify"> DCP (south suburban division) Sujay Chanda said the professor was arrested along with a neighbour residing in east Jadavpur for spreading derogatory messages against &quot;respectable persons&quot; on a popular social networking site. Mohapatra was charged with IPC offences relating to defamation and insulting the modesty of women as well as cyber crime offences, police said.&nbsp; </div> <div style="text-align: justify"> <br /> </div> <div style="text-align: justify"> Labour minister Purnendu Bose justified the arrest. He argued that the objectionable content was not a cartoon, but real pictures, which were nothing but an insult.&nbsp; </div> <div style="text-align: justify"> <br /> </div> <div style="text-align: justify"> &quot;Law will take its own course,&quot; he said. The cartoon in question, which was also sent by e-mail, showed chief minister and the railway minister apparently exchanging dialogues from a popular Bengali film Sonar Kella, a detective masterpiece by Satyajit Ray, which alluded to the replacement of Trivedi by Roy as railway minister.&nbsp; </div> <div style="text-align: justify"> <br /> </div> <div style="text-align: justify"> &quot;The arrest is a clear assault on the democratic right of freedom of expression. It is like very much what happened during Emergency,&quot; CPM leader Brinda Karat said. Karat's party colleague Md Salim said the police action is highly ridiculous and highly atrocious.&nbsp; </div> <div style="text-align: justify"> <br /> </div> <div style="text-align: justify"> However, Mamata has defended the police action saying that the professor was arrested for his &quot;wrong deeds&quot; and blamed the CPM for raising trivial issues to malign her.&nbsp; </div> <div style="text-align: justify"> <br /> </div> <div style="text-align: justify"> <em>Congress disapproves of professor's arrest&nbsp;</em> </div> <div style="text-align: justify"> <br /> </div> <div style="text-align: justify"> Congress today sought to disapprove of the arrest of a Professor by West Bengal Police for allegedly posting a cartoon showing chief minister Mamata Banerjee in poor light on a popular social networking site.&nbsp; </div> <div style="text-align: justify"> <br /> </div> <div style="text-align: justify"> Party spokesman Manish Tewari said the Congress always believed in the freedom of right of expression granted by the Constitution which was intrinsic to the democratic ethos of the country.&nbsp; </div> <div style="text-align: justify"> <br /> </div> <div style="text-align: justify"> He, however, added that he had no first hand knowledge of the incident and therefore it was inappropriate for making any sweeping judgement without understanding facts from the West Bengal unit of the party.&nbsp; </div> <div style="text-align: justify"> <br /> </div> <div style="text-align: justify"> Congress is a junior partner in the West Bengal government headed by the Trinamool Congress supremo while Banerjee's party is the second largest constituent of the UPA at the Centre after Congress. In recent times, Trinamool has emerged as the most troublesome ally for the Congress at the Centre.&nbsp; </div> <div style="text-align: justify"> <br /> </div> <div style="text-align: justify"> The cartoon by the professor of chemistry of Jadavpur University also involved Railway Minister Mukul Roy and former railway minister Dinesh Trivedi.&nbsp; </div> <div style="text-align: justify"> <br /> </div> <div style="text-align: justify"> Police have said that Professor Ambikesh Mohapatra was arrested along with a neighbour residing in east Jadavpur for spreading derogatory messages against &quot;respectable persons&quot;.&nbsp; </div> <div style="text-align: justify"> <br /> </div> <div style="text-align: justify"> The cartoon showed the chief minister and the railway minister exchanging dialogues from a popular Bengali film by Satyajit Ray which alluded to the replacement of Dinesh Trivedi by Mukul Roy as railway minister. </div>', 'credit_writer' => 'The Times of India, 13 April, 2012, http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata-/Mamata-cartoons-Outrage-in-West-Bengal-CM-defends-action-Congress-unhappy/articleshow/12652236.cms', 'article_img' => '', 'article_img_thumb' => '', 'status' => (int) 1, 'show_on_home' => (int) 1, 'lang' => 'EN', 'category_id' => (int) 16, 'tag_keyword' => '', 'seo_url' => 'mamata-cartoons-outrage-in-west-bengal-cm-defends-action-congress-unhappy-14395', 'meta_title' => null, 'meta_keywords' => null, 'meta_description' => null, 'noindex' => (int) 0, 'publish_date' => object(Cake\I18n\FrozenDate) {}, 'most_visit_section_id' => null, 'article_big_img' => null, 'liveid' => (int) 14395, 'created' => object(Cake\I18n\FrozenTime) {}, 'modified' => object(Cake\I18n\FrozenTime) {}, 'edate' => '', 'tags' => [ [maximum depth reached] ], 'category' => object(App\Model\Entity\Category) {}, '[new]' => false, '[accessible]' => [ [maximum depth reached] ], '[dirty]' => [[maximum depth reached]], '[original]' => [[maximum depth reached]], '[virtual]' => [[maximum depth reached]], '[hasErrors]' => false, '[errors]' => [[maximum depth reached]], '[invalid]' => [[maximum depth reached]], '[repository]' => 'Articles' }, 'articleid' => (int) 14271, 'metaTitle' => 'LATEST NEWS UPDATES | Mamata cartoons: Outrage in West Bengal, CM defends action, Congress unhappy', 'metaKeywords' => 'Freedom of Speech,Law and Justice', 'metaDesc' => ' -PTI &nbsp; A Jadavpur university professor was arrested today for allegedly posting a cartoon on the internet showing West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee in poor light after she forced out Dinesh Trivedi and put Mukul Roy in his place as railway...', 'disp' => '<div style="text-align: justify">-PTI</div><div style="text-align: justify">&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align: justify">A Jadavpur university professor was arrested today for allegedly posting a cartoon on the internet showing West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee in poor light after she forced out Dinesh Trivedi and put Mukul Roy in his place as railway minister.&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">The arrest of Ambikesh Mohapatra, a chemistry professor, sparked an outrage with opposition CPM and the academic community saying the police action is &quot;highly atrocious&quot; and a &quot;clear assault&quot; on the minimum democratic right of freedom of expression. The professor was later granted bail by an Alipore court. Protests were also held by students and the professor's colleagues at the Jadavpur university campus here.&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">DCP (south suburban division) Sujay Chanda said the professor was arrested along with a neighbour residing in east Jadavpur for spreading derogatory messages against &quot;respectable persons&quot; on a popular social networking site. Mohapatra was charged with IPC offences relating to defamation and insulting the modesty of women as well as cyber crime offences, police said.&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">Labour minister Purnendu Bose justified the arrest. He argued that the objectionable content was not a cartoon, but real pictures, which were nothing but an insult.&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">&quot;Law will take its own course,&quot; he said. The cartoon in question, which was also sent by e-mail, showed chief minister and the railway minister apparently exchanging dialogues from a popular Bengali film Sonar Kella, a detective masterpiece by Satyajit Ray, which alluded to the replacement of Trivedi by Roy as railway minister.&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">&quot;The arrest is a clear assault on the democratic right of freedom of expression. It is like very much what happened during Emergency,&quot; CPM leader Brinda Karat said. Karat's party colleague Md Salim said the police action is highly ridiculous and highly atrocious.&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">However, Mamata has defended the police action saying that the professor was arrested for his &quot;wrong deeds&quot; and blamed the CPM for raising trivial issues to malign her.&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify"><em>Congress disapproves of professor's arrest&nbsp;</em></div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">Congress today sought to disapprove of the arrest of a Professor by West Bengal Police for allegedly posting a cartoon showing chief minister Mamata Banerjee in poor light on a popular social networking site.&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">Party spokesman Manish Tewari said the Congress always believed in the freedom of right of expression granted by the Constitution which was intrinsic to the democratic ethos of the country.&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">He, however, added that he had no first hand knowledge of the incident and therefore it was inappropriate for making any sweeping judgement without understanding facts from the West Bengal unit of the party.&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">Congress is a junior partner in the West Bengal government headed by the Trinamool Congress supremo while Banerjee's party is the second largest constituent of the UPA at the Centre after Congress. In recent times, Trinamool has emerged as the most troublesome ally for the Congress at the Centre.&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">The cartoon by the professor of chemistry of Jadavpur University also involved Railway Minister Mukul Roy and former railway minister Dinesh Trivedi.&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">Police have said that Professor Ambikesh Mohapatra was arrested along with a neighbour residing in east Jadavpur for spreading derogatory messages against &quot;respectable persons&quot;.&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">The cartoon showed the chief minister and the railway minister exchanging dialogues from a popular Bengali film by Satyajit Ray which alluded to the replacement of Dinesh Trivedi by Mukul Roy as railway minister.</div>', 'lang' => 'English', 'SITE_URL' => 'https://im4change.in/', 'site_title' => 'im4change', 'adminprix' => 'admin' ] $article_current = object(App\Model\Entity\Article) { 'id' => (int) 14271, 'title' => 'Mamata cartoons: Outrage in West Bengal, CM defends action, Congress unhappy', 'subheading' => '', 'description' => '<div style="text-align: justify"> -PTI </div> <div style="text-align: justify"> &nbsp; </div> <div style="text-align: justify"> A Jadavpur university professor was arrested today for allegedly posting a cartoon on the internet showing West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee in poor light after she forced out Dinesh Trivedi and put Mukul Roy in his place as railway minister.&nbsp; </div> <div style="text-align: justify"> <br /> </div> <div style="text-align: justify"> The arrest of Ambikesh Mohapatra, a chemistry professor, sparked an outrage with opposition CPM and the academic community saying the police action is &quot;highly atrocious&quot; and a &quot;clear assault&quot; on the minimum democratic right of freedom of expression. The professor was later granted bail by an Alipore court. Protests were also held by students and the professor's colleagues at the Jadavpur university campus here.&nbsp; </div> <div style="text-align: justify"> <br /> </div> <div style="text-align: justify"> DCP (south suburban division) Sujay Chanda said the professor was arrested along with a neighbour residing in east Jadavpur for spreading derogatory messages against &quot;respectable persons&quot; on a popular social networking site. Mohapatra was charged with IPC offences relating to defamation and insulting the modesty of women as well as cyber crime offences, police said.&nbsp; </div> <div style="text-align: justify"> <br /> </div> <div style="text-align: justify"> Labour minister Purnendu Bose justified the arrest. He argued that the objectionable content was not a cartoon, but real pictures, which were nothing but an insult.&nbsp; </div> <div style="text-align: justify"> <br /> </div> <div style="text-align: justify"> &quot;Law will take its own course,&quot; he said. The cartoon in question, which was also sent by e-mail, showed chief minister and the railway minister apparently exchanging dialogues from a popular Bengali film Sonar Kella, a detective masterpiece by Satyajit Ray, which alluded to the replacement of Trivedi by Roy as railway minister.&nbsp; </div> <div style="text-align: justify"> <br /> </div> <div style="text-align: justify"> &quot;The arrest is a clear assault on the democratic right of freedom of expression. It is like very much what happened during Emergency,&quot; CPM leader Brinda Karat said. 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The professor was later granted bail by an Alipore court. Protests were also held by students and the professor's colleagues at the Jadavpur university campus here.&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">DCP (south suburban division) Sujay Chanda said the professor was arrested along with a neighbour residing in east Jadavpur for spreading derogatory messages against &quot;respectable persons&quot; on a popular social networking site. Mohapatra was charged with IPC offences relating to defamation and insulting the modesty of women as well as cyber crime offences, police said.&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">Labour minister Purnendu Bose justified the arrest. He argued that the objectionable content was not a cartoon, but real pictures, which were nothing but an insult.&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">&quot;Law will take its own course,&quot; he said. The cartoon in question, which was also sent by e-mail, showed chief minister and the railway minister apparently exchanging dialogues from a popular Bengali film Sonar Kella, a detective masterpiece by Satyajit Ray, which alluded to the replacement of Trivedi by Roy as railway minister.&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">&quot;The arrest is a clear assault on the democratic right of freedom of expression. It is like very much what happened during Emergency,&quot; CPM leader Brinda Karat said. Karat's party colleague Md Salim said the police action is highly ridiculous and highly atrocious.&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">However, Mamata has defended the police action saying that the professor was arrested for his &quot;wrong deeds&quot; and blamed the CPM for raising trivial issues to malign her.&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify"><em>Congress disapproves of professor's arrest&nbsp;</em></div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">Congress today sought to disapprove of the arrest of a Professor by West Bengal Police for allegedly posting a cartoon showing chief minister Mamata Banerjee in poor light on a popular social networking site.&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">Party spokesman Manish Tewari said the Congress always believed in the freedom of right of expression granted by the Constitution which was intrinsic to the democratic ethos of the country.&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">He, however, added that he had no first hand knowledge of the incident and therefore it was inappropriate for making any sweeping judgement without understanding facts from the West Bengal unit of the party.&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">Congress is a junior partner in the West Bengal government headed by the Trinamool Congress supremo while Banerjee's party is the second largest constituent of the UPA at the Centre after Congress. 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The professor was later granted bail by an Alipore court. Protests were also held by students and the professor's colleagues at the Jadavpur university campus here. </div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">DCP (south suburban division) Sujay Chanda said the professor was arrested along with a neighbour residing in east Jadavpur for spreading derogatory messages against "respectable persons" on a popular social networking site. Mohapatra was charged with IPC offences relating to defamation and insulting the modesty of women as well as cyber crime offences, police said. </div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">Labour minister Purnendu Bose justified the arrest. He argued that the objectionable content was not a cartoon, but real pictures, which were nothing but an insult. </div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">"Law will take its own course," he said. The cartoon in question, which was also sent by e-mail, showed chief minister and the railway minister apparently exchanging dialogues from a popular Bengali film Sonar Kella, a detective masterpiece by Satyajit Ray, which alluded to the replacement of Trivedi by Roy as railway minister. </div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">"The arrest is a clear assault on the democratic right of freedom of expression. It is like very much what happened during Emergency," CPM leader Brinda Karat said. Karat's party colleague Md Salim said the police action is highly ridiculous and highly atrocious. </div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">However, Mamata has defended the police action saying that the professor was arrested for his "wrong deeds" and blamed the CPM for raising trivial issues to malign her. </div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify"><em>Congress disapproves of professor's arrest </em></div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">Congress today sought to disapprove of the arrest of a Professor by West Bengal Police for allegedly posting a cartoon showing chief minister Mamata Banerjee in poor light on a popular social networking site. </div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">Party spokesman Manish Tewari said the Congress always believed in the freedom of right of expression granted by the Constitution which was intrinsic to the democratic ethos of the country. </div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">He, however, added that he had no first hand knowledge of the incident and therefore it was inappropriate for making any sweeping judgement without understanding facts from the West Bengal unit of the party. </div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">Congress is a junior partner in the West Bengal government headed by the Trinamool Congress supremo while Banerjee's party is the second largest constituent of the UPA at the Centre after Congress. 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The professor was later granted bail by an Alipore court. Protests were also held by students and the professor's colleagues at the Jadavpur university campus here.&nbsp; </div> <div style="text-align: justify"> <br /> </div> <div style="text-align: justify"> DCP (south suburban division) Sujay Chanda said the professor was arrested along with a neighbour residing in east Jadavpur for spreading derogatory messages against &quot;respectable persons&quot; on a popular social networking site. Mohapatra was charged with IPC offences relating to defamation and insulting the modesty of women as well as cyber crime offences, police said.&nbsp; </div> <div style="text-align: justify"> <br /> </div> <div style="text-align: justify"> Labour minister Purnendu Bose justified the arrest. He argued that the objectionable content was not a cartoon, but real pictures, which were nothing but an insult.&nbsp; </div> <div style="text-align: justify"> <br /> </div> <div style="text-align: justify"> &quot;Law will take its own course,&quot; he said. The cartoon in question, which was also sent by e-mail, showed chief minister and the railway minister apparently exchanging dialogues from a popular Bengali film Sonar Kella, a detective masterpiece by Satyajit Ray, which alluded to the replacement of Trivedi by Roy as railway minister.&nbsp; </div> <div style="text-align: justify"> <br /> </div> <div style="text-align: justify"> &quot;The arrest is a clear assault on the democratic right of freedom of expression. It is like very much what happened during Emergency,&quot; CPM leader Brinda Karat said. Karat's party colleague Md Salim said the police action is highly ridiculous and highly atrocious.&nbsp; </div> <div style="text-align: justify"> <br /> </div> <div style="text-align: justify"> However, Mamata has defended the police action saying that the professor was arrested for his &quot;wrong deeds&quot; and blamed the CPM for raising trivial issues to malign her.&nbsp; </div> <div style="text-align: justify"> <br /> </div> <div style="text-align: justify"> <em>Congress disapproves of professor's arrest&nbsp;</em> </div> <div style="text-align: justify"> <br /> </div> <div style="text-align: justify"> Congress today sought to disapprove of the arrest of a Professor by West Bengal Police for allegedly posting a cartoon showing chief minister Mamata Banerjee in poor light on a popular social networking site.&nbsp; </div> <div style="text-align: justify"> <br /> </div> <div style="text-align: justify"> Party spokesman Manish Tewari said the Congress always believed in the freedom of right of expression granted by the Constitution which was intrinsic to the democratic ethos of the country.&nbsp; </div> <div style="text-align: justify"> <br /> </div> <div style="text-align: justify"> He, however, added that he had no first hand knowledge of the incident and therefore it was inappropriate for making any sweeping judgement without understanding facts from the West Bengal unit of the party.&nbsp; </div> <div style="text-align: justify"> <br /> </div> <div style="text-align: justify"> Congress is a junior partner in the West Bengal government headed by the Trinamool Congress supremo while Banerjee's party is the second largest constituent of the UPA at the Centre after Congress. 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The professor was later granted bail by an Alipore court. Protests were also held by students and the professor's colleagues at the Jadavpur university campus here.&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">DCP (south suburban division) Sujay Chanda said the professor was arrested along with a neighbour residing in east Jadavpur for spreading derogatory messages against &quot;respectable persons&quot; on a popular social networking site. Mohapatra was charged with IPC offences relating to defamation and insulting the modesty of women as well as cyber crime offences, police said.&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">Labour minister Purnendu Bose justified the arrest. He argued that the objectionable content was not a cartoon, but real pictures, which were nothing but an insult.&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">&quot;Law will take its own course,&quot; he said. The cartoon in question, which was also sent by e-mail, showed chief minister and the railway minister apparently exchanging dialogues from a popular Bengali film Sonar Kella, a detective masterpiece by Satyajit Ray, which alluded to the replacement of Trivedi by Roy as railway minister.&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">&quot;The arrest is a clear assault on the democratic right of freedom of expression. It is like very much what happened during Emergency,&quot; CPM leader Brinda Karat said. Karat's party colleague Md Salim said the police action is highly ridiculous and highly atrocious.&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">However, Mamata has defended the police action saying that the professor was arrested for his &quot;wrong deeds&quot; and blamed the CPM for raising trivial issues to malign her.&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify"><em>Congress disapproves of professor's arrest&nbsp;</em></div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">Congress today sought to disapprove of the arrest of a Professor by West Bengal Police for allegedly posting a cartoon showing chief minister Mamata Banerjee in poor light on a popular social networking site.&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">Party spokesman Manish Tewari said the Congress always believed in the freedom of right of expression granted by the Constitution which was intrinsic to the democratic ethos of the country.&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">He, however, added that he had no first hand knowledge of the incident and therefore it was inappropriate for making any sweeping judgement without understanding facts from the West Bengal unit of the party.&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">Congress is a junior partner in the West Bengal government headed by the Trinamool Congress supremo while Banerjee's party is the second largest constituent of the UPA at the Centre after Congress. 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He argued that the objectionable content was not a cartoon, but real pictures, which were nothing but an insult.&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">&quot;Law will take its own course,&quot; he said. The cartoon in question, which was also sent by e-mail, showed chief minister and the railway minister apparently exchanging dialogues from a popular Bengali film Sonar Kella, a detective masterpiece by Satyajit Ray, which alluded to the replacement of Trivedi by Roy as railway minister.&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">&quot;The arrest is a clear assault on the democratic right of freedom of expression. It is like very much what happened during Emergency,&quot; CPM leader Brinda Karat said. Karat's party colleague Md Salim said the police action is highly ridiculous and highly atrocious.&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">However, Mamata has defended the police action saying that the professor was arrested for his &quot;wrong deeds&quot; and blamed the CPM for raising trivial issues to malign her.&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify"><em>Congress disapproves of professor's arrest&nbsp;</em></div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">Congress today sought to disapprove of the arrest of a Professor by West Bengal Police for allegedly posting a cartoon showing chief minister Mamata Banerjee in poor light on a popular social networking site.&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">Party spokesman Manish Tewari said the Congress always believed in the freedom of right of expression granted by the Constitution which was intrinsic to the democratic ethos of the country.&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">He, however, added that he had no first hand knowledge of the incident and therefore it was inappropriate for making any sweeping judgement without understanding facts from the West Bengal unit of the party.&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">Congress is a junior partner in the West Bengal government headed by the Trinamool Congress supremo while Banerjee's party is the second largest constituent of the UPA at the Centre after Congress. 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The professor was later granted bail by an Alipore court. Protests were also held by students and the professor's colleagues at the Jadavpur university campus here. </div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">DCP (south suburban division) Sujay Chanda said the professor was arrested along with a neighbour residing in east Jadavpur for spreading derogatory messages against "respectable persons" on a popular social networking site. Mohapatra was charged with IPC offences relating to defamation and insulting the modesty of women as well as cyber crime offences, police said. </div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">Labour minister Purnendu Bose justified the arrest. He argued that the objectionable content was not a cartoon, but real pictures, which were nothing but an insult. </div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">"Law will take its own course," he said. The cartoon in question, which was also sent by e-mail, showed chief minister and the railway minister apparently exchanging dialogues from a popular Bengali film Sonar Kella, a detective masterpiece by Satyajit Ray, which alluded to the replacement of Trivedi by Roy as railway minister. </div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">"The arrest is a clear assault on the democratic right of freedom of expression. It is like very much what happened during Emergency," CPM leader Brinda Karat said. Karat's party colleague Md Salim said the police action is highly ridiculous and highly atrocious. </div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">However, Mamata has defended the police action saying that the professor was arrested for his "wrong deeds" and blamed the CPM for raising trivial issues to malign her. </div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify"><em>Congress disapproves of professor's arrest </em></div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">Congress today sought to disapprove of the arrest of a Professor by West Bengal Police for allegedly posting a cartoon showing chief minister Mamata Banerjee in poor light on a popular social networking site. </div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">Party spokesman Manish Tewari said the Congress always believed in the freedom of right of expression granted by the Constitution which was intrinsic to the democratic ethos of the country. </div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">He, however, added that he had no first hand knowledge of the incident and therefore it was inappropriate for making any sweeping judgement without understanding facts from the West Bengal unit of the party. </div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">Congress is a junior partner in the West Bengal government headed by the Trinamool Congress supremo while Banerjee's party is the second largest constituent of the UPA at the Centre after Congress. 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He argued that the objectionable content was not a cartoon, but real pictures, which were nothing but an insult.&nbsp; </div> <div style="text-align: justify"> <br /> </div> <div style="text-align: justify"> &quot;Law will take its own course,&quot; he said. The cartoon in question, which was also sent by e-mail, showed chief minister and the railway minister apparently exchanging dialogues from a popular Bengali film Sonar Kella, a detective masterpiece by Satyajit Ray, which alluded to the replacement of Trivedi by Roy as railway minister.&nbsp; </div> <div style="text-align: justify"> <br /> </div> <div style="text-align: justify"> &quot;The arrest is a clear assault on the democratic right of freedom of expression. It is like very much what happened during Emergency,&quot; CPM leader Brinda Karat said. Karat's party colleague Md Salim said the police action is highly ridiculous and highly atrocious.&nbsp; </div> <div style="text-align: justify"> <br /> </div> <div style="text-align: justify"> However, Mamata has defended the police action saying that the professor was arrested for his &quot;wrong deeds&quot; and blamed the CPM for raising trivial issues to malign her.&nbsp; </div> <div style="text-align: justify"> <br /> </div> <div style="text-align: justify"> <em>Congress disapproves of professor's arrest&nbsp;</em> </div> <div style="text-align: justify"> <br /> </div> <div style="text-align: justify"> Congress today sought to disapprove of the arrest of a Professor by West Bengal Police for allegedly posting a cartoon showing chief minister Mamata Banerjee in poor light on a popular social networking site.&nbsp; </div> <div style="text-align: justify"> <br /> </div> <div style="text-align: justify"> Party spokesman Manish Tewari said the Congress always believed in the freedom of right of expression granted by the Constitution which was intrinsic to the democratic ethos of the country.&nbsp; </div> <div style="text-align: justify"> <br /> </div> <div style="text-align: justify"> He, however, added that he had no first hand knowledge of the incident and therefore it was inappropriate for making any sweeping judgement without understanding facts from the West Bengal unit of the party.&nbsp; </div> <div style="text-align: justify"> <br /> </div> <div style="text-align: justify"> Congress is a junior partner in the West Bengal government headed by the Trinamool Congress supremo while Banerjee's party is the second largest constituent of the UPA at the Centre after Congress. 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He argued that the objectionable content was not a cartoon, but real pictures, which were nothing but an insult.&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">&quot;Law will take its own course,&quot; he said. The cartoon in question, which was also sent by e-mail, showed chief minister and the railway minister apparently exchanging dialogues from a popular Bengali film Sonar Kella, a detective masterpiece by Satyajit Ray, which alluded to the replacement of Trivedi by Roy as railway minister.&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">&quot;The arrest is a clear assault on the democratic right of freedom of expression. It is like very much what happened during Emergency,&quot; CPM leader Brinda Karat said. Karat's party colleague Md Salim said the police action is highly ridiculous and highly atrocious.&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">However, Mamata has defended the police action saying that the professor was arrested for his &quot;wrong deeds&quot; and blamed the CPM for raising trivial issues to malign her.&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify"><em>Congress disapproves of professor's arrest&nbsp;</em></div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">Congress today sought to disapprove of the arrest of a Professor by West Bengal Police for allegedly posting a cartoon showing chief minister Mamata Banerjee in poor light on a popular social networking site.&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">Party spokesman Manish Tewari said the Congress always believed in the freedom of right of expression granted by the Constitution which was intrinsic to the democratic ethos of the country.&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">He, however, added that he had no first hand knowledge of the incident and therefore it was inappropriate for making any sweeping judgement without understanding facts from the West Bengal unit of the party.&nbsp;</div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">Congress is a junior partner in the West Bengal government headed by the Trinamool Congress supremo while Banerjee's party is the second largest constituent of the UPA at the Centre after Congress. 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The cartoon in question, which was also sent by e-mail, showed chief minister and the railway minister apparently exchanging dialogues from a popular Bengali film Sonar Kella, a detective masterpiece by Satyajit Ray, which alluded to the replacement of Trivedi by Roy as railway minister. </div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">"The arrest is a clear assault on the democratic right of freedom of expression. It is like very much what happened during Emergency," CPM leader Brinda Karat said. Karat's party colleague Md Salim said the police action is highly ridiculous and highly atrocious. </div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">However, Mamata has defended the police action saying that the professor was arrested for his "wrong deeds" and blamed the CPM for raising trivial issues to malign her. </div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify"><em>Congress disapproves of professor's arrest </em></div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">Congress today sought to disapprove of the arrest of a Professor by West Bengal Police for allegedly posting a cartoon showing chief minister Mamata Banerjee in poor light on a popular social networking site. </div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">Party spokesman Manish Tewari said the Congress always believed in the freedom of right of expression granted by the Constitution which was intrinsic to the democratic ethos of the country. </div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">He, however, added that he had no first hand knowledge of the incident and therefore it was inappropriate for making any sweeping judgement without understanding facts from the West Bengal unit of the party. </div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">Congress is a junior partner in the West Bengal government headed by the Trinamool Congress supremo while Banerjee's party is the second largest constituent of the UPA at the Centre after Congress. 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The professor was later granted bail by an Alipore court. Protests were also held by students and the professor's colleagues at the Jadavpur university campus here. </div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">DCP (south suburban division) Sujay Chanda said the professor was arrested along with a neighbour residing in east Jadavpur for spreading derogatory messages against "respectable persons" on a popular social networking site. Mohapatra was charged with IPC offences relating to defamation and insulting the modesty of women as well as cyber crime offences, police said. </div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">Labour minister Purnendu Bose justified the arrest. He argued that the objectionable content was not a cartoon, but real pictures, which were nothing but an insult. </div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">"Law will take its own course," he said. The cartoon in question, which was also sent by e-mail, showed chief minister and the railway minister apparently exchanging dialogues from a popular Bengali film Sonar Kella, a detective masterpiece by Satyajit Ray, which alluded to the replacement of Trivedi by Roy as railway minister. </div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">"The arrest is a clear assault on the democratic right of freedom of expression. It is like very much what happened during Emergency," CPM leader Brinda Karat said. Karat's party colleague Md Salim said the police action is highly ridiculous and highly atrocious. </div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">However, Mamata has defended the police action saying that the professor was arrested for his "wrong deeds" and blamed the CPM for raising trivial issues to malign her. </div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify"><em>Congress disapproves of professor's arrest </em></div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">Congress today sought to disapprove of the arrest of a Professor by West Bengal Police for allegedly posting a cartoon showing chief minister Mamata Banerjee in poor light on a popular social networking site. </div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">Party spokesman Manish Tewari said the Congress always believed in the freedom of right of expression granted by the Constitution which was intrinsic to the democratic ethos of the country. </div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">He, however, added that he had no first hand knowledge of the incident and therefore it was inappropriate for making any sweeping judgement without understanding facts from the West Bengal unit of the party. </div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">Congress is a junior partner in the West Bengal government headed by the Trinamool Congress supremo while Banerjee's party is the second largest constituent of the UPA at the Centre after Congress. In recent times, Trinamool has emerged as the most troublesome ally for the Congress at the Centre. </div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">The cartoon by the professor of chemistry of Jadavpur University also involved Railway Minister Mukul Roy and former railway minister Dinesh Trivedi. </div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">Police have said that Professor Ambikesh Mohapatra was arrested along with a neighbour residing in east Jadavpur for spreading derogatory messages against "respectable persons". </div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">The cartoon showed the chief minister and the railway minister exchanging dialogues from a popular Bengali film by Satyajit Ray which alluded to the replacement of Dinesh Trivedi by Mukul Roy as railway minister.</div>', 'lang' => 'English', 'SITE_URL' => 'https://im4change.in/', 'site_title' => 'im4change', 'adminprix' => 'admin' ] $article_current = object(App\Model\Entity\Article) { 'id' => (int) 14271, 'title' => 'Mamata cartoons: Outrage in West Bengal, CM defends action, Congress unhappy', 'subheading' => '', 'description' => '<div style="text-align: justify"> -PTI </div> <div style="text-align: justify"> </div> <div style="text-align: justify"> A Jadavpur university professor was arrested today for allegedly posting a cartoon on the internet showing West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee in poor light after she forced out Dinesh Trivedi and put Mukul Roy in his place as railway minister. </div> <div style="text-align: justify"> <br /> </div> <div style="text-align: justify"> The arrest of Ambikesh Mohapatra, a chemistry professor, sparked an outrage with opposition CPM and the academic community saying the police action is "highly atrocious" and a "clear assault" on the minimum democratic right of freedom of expression. The professor was later granted bail by an Alipore court. Protests were also held by students and the professor's colleagues at the Jadavpur university campus here. </div> <div style="text-align: justify"> <br /> </div> <div style="text-align: justify"> DCP (south suburban division) Sujay Chanda said the professor was arrested along with a neighbour residing in east Jadavpur for spreading derogatory messages against "respectable persons" on a popular social networking site. Mohapatra was charged with IPC offences relating to defamation and insulting the modesty of women as well as cyber crime offences, police said. </div> <div style="text-align: justify"> <br /> </div> <div style="text-align: justify"> Labour minister Purnendu Bose justified the arrest. He argued that the objectionable content was not a cartoon, but real pictures, which were nothing but an insult. </div> <div style="text-align: justify"> <br /> </div> <div style="text-align: justify"> "Law will take its own course," he said. The cartoon in question, which was also sent by e-mail, showed chief minister and the railway minister apparently exchanging dialogues from a popular Bengali film Sonar Kella, a detective masterpiece by Satyajit Ray, which alluded to the replacement of Trivedi by Roy as railway minister. </div> <div style="text-align: justify"> <br /> </div> <div style="text-align: justify"> "The arrest is a clear assault on the democratic right of freedom of expression. It is like very much what happened during Emergency," CPM leader Brinda Karat said. Karat's party colleague Md Salim said the police action is highly ridiculous and highly atrocious. </div> <div style="text-align: justify"> <br /> </div> <div style="text-align: justify"> However, Mamata has defended the police action saying that the professor was arrested for his "wrong deeds" and blamed the CPM for raising trivial issues to malign her. </div> <div style="text-align: justify"> <br /> </div> <div style="text-align: justify"> <em>Congress disapproves of professor's arrest </em> </div> <div style="text-align: justify"> <br /> </div> <div style="text-align: justify"> Congress today sought to disapprove of the arrest of a Professor by West Bengal Police for allegedly posting a cartoon showing chief minister Mamata Banerjee in poor light on a popular social networking site. </div> <div style="text-align: justify"> <br /> </div> <div style="text-align: justify"> Party spokesman Manish Tewari said the Congress always believed in the freedom of right of expression granted by the Constitution which was intrinsic to the democratic ethos of the country. </div> <div style="text-align: justify"> <br /> </div> <div style="text-align: justify"> He, however, added that he had no first hand knowledge of the incident and therefore it was inappropriate for making any sweeping judgement without understanding facts from the West Bengal unit of the party. </div> <div style="text-align: justify"> <br /> </div> <div style="text-align: justify"> Congress is a junior partner in the West Bengal government headed by the Trinamool Congress supremo while Banerjee's party is the second largest constituent of the UPA at the Centre after Congress. 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The professor was later granted bail by an Alipore court. Protests were also held by students and the professor's colleagues at the Jadavpur university campus here. </div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">DCP (south suburban division) Sujay Chanda said the professor was arrested along with a neighbour residing in east Jadavpur for spreading derogatory messages against "respectable persons" on a popular social networking site. Mohapatra was charged with IPC offences relating to defamation and insulting the modesty of women as well as cyber crime offences, police said. </div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">Labour minister Purnendu Bose justified the arrest. He argued that the objectionable content was not a cartoon, but real pictures, which were nothing but an insult. </div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">"Law will take its own course," he said. The cartoon in question, which was also sent by e-mail, showed chief minister and the railway minister apparently exchanging dialogues from a popular Bengali film Sonar Kella, a detective masterpiece by Satyajit Ray, which alluded to the replacement of Trivedi by Roy as railway minister. </div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">"The arrest is a clear assault on the democratic right of freedom of expression. It is like very much what happened during Emergency," CPM leader Brinda Karat said. Karat's party colleague Md Salim said the police action is highly ridiculous and highly atrocious. </div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">However, Mamata has defended the police action saying that the professor was arrested for his "wrong deeds" and blamed the CPM for raising trivial issues to malign her. </div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify"><em>Congress disapproves of professor's arrest </em></div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">Congress today sought to disapprove of the arrest of a Professor by West Bengal Police for allegedly posting a cartoon showing chief minister Mamata Banerjee in poor light on a popular social networking site. </div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">Party spokesman Manish Tewari said the Congress always believed in the freedom of right of expression granted by the Constitution which was intrinsic to the democratic ethos of the country. </div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">He, however, added that he had no first hand knowledge of the incident and therefore it was inappropriate for making any sweeping judgement without understanding facts from the West Bengal unit of the party. </div><div style="text-align: justify"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify">Congress is a junior partner in the West Bengal government headed by the Trinamool Congress supremo while Banerjee's party is the second largest constituent of the UPA at the Centre after Congress. 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Mamata cartoons: Outrage in West Bengal, CM defends action, Congress unhappy |
-PTI A Jadavpur university professor was arrested today for allegedly posting a cartoon on the internet showing West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee in poor light after she forced out Dinesh Trivedi and put Mukul Roy in his place as railway minister. The arrest of Ambikesh Mohapatra, a chemistry professor, sparked an outrage with opposition CPM and the academic community saying the police action is "highly atrocious" and a "clear assault" on the minimum democratic right of freedom of expression. The professor was later granted bail by an Alipore court. Protests were also held by students and the professor's colleagues at the Jadavpur university campus here. DCP (south suburban division) Sujay Chanda said the professor was arrested along with a neighbour residing in east Jadavpur for spreading derogatory messages against "respectable persons" on a popular social networking site. Mohapatra was charged with IPC offences relating to defamation and insulting the modesty of women as well as cyber crime offences, police said. Labour minister Purnendu Bose justified the arrest. He argued that the objectionable content was not a cartoon, but real pictures, which were nothing but an insult. "Law will take its own course," he said. The cartoon in question, which was also sent by e-mail, showed chief minister and the railway minister apparently exchanging dialogues from a popular Bengali film Sonar Kella, a detective masterpiece by Satyajit Ray, which alluded to the replacement of Trivedi by Roy as railway minister. "The arrest is a clear assault on the democratic right of freedom of expression. It is like very much what happened during Emergency," CPM leader Brinda Karat said. Karat's party colleague Md Salim said the police action is highly ridiculous and highly atrocious. However, Mamata has defended the police action saying that the professor was arrested for his "wrong deeds" and blamed the CPM for raising trivial issues to malign her. Congress disapproves of professor's arrest Congress today sought to disapprove of the arrest of a Professor by West Bengal Police for allegedly posting a cartoon showing chief minister Mamata Banerjee in poor light on a popular social networking site. Party spokesman Manish Tewari said the Congress always believed in the freedom of right of expression granted by the Constitution which was intrinsic to the democratic ethos of the country. He, however, added that he had no first hand knowledge of the incident and therefore it was inappropriate for making any sweeping judgement without understanding facts from the West Bengal unit of the party. Congress is a junior partner in the West Bengal government headed by the Trinamool Congress supremo while Banerjee's party is the second largest constituent of the UPA at the Centre after Congress. In recent times, Trinamool has emerged as the most troublesome ally for the Congress at the Centre. The cartoon by the professor of chemistry of Jadavpur University also involved Railway Minister Mukul Roy and former railway minister Dinesh Trivedi. Police have said that Professor Ambikesh Mohapatra was arrested along with a neighbour residing in east Jadavpur for spreading derogatory messages against "respectable persons". The cartoon showed the chief minister and the railway minister exchanging dialogues from a popular Bengali film by Satyajit Ray which alluded to the replacement of Dinesh Trivedi by Mukul Roy as railway minister.
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