The Goa Police booked a man over the allegations of insulting Prime Minister Narendra Modi through a social media post.
Nazario D’Souza, a resident of Panaji in Goa had had shared a satirical cartoon on Facebook on which was originally drawn by artist Mir Suhail.
The cartoon appeared to allude to the “Har Ghar Tiranga” campaign, as part of which the Centre encouraged citizens to post selfies with the national flag on social media on Independence Day, reported Indian Express.
The man was booked after a complaint by Inacio Domnic Pereira, ward member of Panaji’s Santa Cruz panchayat.
“In this post, he depicted the prime minister of our country as a chameleon on the national flag,” the complaint said.
D’Souza has been booked under Section 500 (punishment for defamation) of the Indian Penal Code and Section 2 (Insults to Indian National Flag and Constitution of India) of Prevention of Insults to National Honour Act 1971.