Govt authorises DMP to sue cartoonist Arif

The government yesterday authorised Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) to file a regular case against detained contributing cartoonist Arifur Rahman of the Prothom Alo for publishing a completely unacceptable cartoon in the daily's weekly satire magazine Aalpin, an official press release said.
It said the officer-in-charge of Tejgaon Police Station was authorised to file the case under Section 295A of the Penal Code against the cartoonist.