Secularism at its peak! TN police again arrest Youtuber Maridhas over criticism on Tablighi Jamaat
Maridhas’ Thursday arrest was under FIR on a complaint filed by an office-bearer of Tamil Nadu Muslim Munnetra Kazhagam for his YouTube post linking Tablighi Jamaat members spreading coronavirus.
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The DMK-led Tamil Nadu government is continuing to suppress the voices of journalists who speak against the government. In what they call as "secularism", Tamil Nadu's state police have now again arrested Maridhas over a year old video in which he had criticized Tablighi Jamaat, which has been banned even in Saudi Arabia.
Maridhas’ Thursday arrest was under FIR on a complaint filed by an office-bearer of Tamil Nadu Muslim Munnetra Kazhagam for his YouTube post linking Tablighi Jamaat members spreading coronavirus. The FIR was filed on April 4th, 2020.
Maridhas was booked under sections 292(A) (publishing grossly indecent or scurrilous matter or matter intended for blackmail), 295(A) (deliberate and malicious acts, intended to outrage religious feelings by insulting its religion or religious beliefs), and 505(ii) (statement creating or promoting enmity or ill-will between classes) of the IPC and 67 (publishing or transmitting obscene material in electronic form) of the Information Technology Act.
This just comes after the Madras High Court quashed an FIR filed against journalist Maridhas by the Madurai City Cybercrime Police against YouTuber Maridhas over a tweet. The high court, while granting bail to Maridhas, criticised the police for their action against the YouTuber. In the order, Justice GR Swaminathan said that the offences mentioned in the FIR were not made in the tweet.
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