SHILLONG, Feb 24 � Armed with a Court order, a four-member Meghalaya police team would head for Delhi on Saturday to arrest the owner of Skyline Publisher, Ram Mohan Jha.
Jha is accused of �outraging religious feelings� after one of his copy books from his publication house depicted Jesus Christ holding a beer can and a cigarette.
The cursive writing copy book was meant for school students of class I. Concerned parents from a local school first alerted authorities about the �objectionable� depiction of Christ.
The district authorities later registered a case against the Skyline publisher under section 295 A, Indian Penal Code. The district Court here issued an arrest warrant against Jha yesterday.
�Inspector N Thohrem would lead the team to New Delhi along with three others to arrest the publisher of Skyline books,� a police official said here.
Meanwhile, Jha has issued a public apology here stating that the picture of Christ was �erroneously� carried in the copy book after being downloaded from the internet.
SHILLONG, Feb 24 � Armed with a Court order, a four-member Meghalaya police team would head for Delhi on Saturday to arrest the owner of Skyline Publisher, Ram Mohan Jha.
Jha is accused of �outraging religious feelings� after one of his copy books from his publication house depicted Jesus Christ holding a beer can and a cigarette.
The cursive writing copy book was meant for school students of class I. Concerned parents from a local school first alerted authorities about the �objectionable� depiction of Christ.
The district authorities later registered a case against the Skyline publisher under section 295 A, Indian Penal Code. The district Court here issued an arrest warrant against Jha yesterday.
�Inspector N Thohrem would lead the team to New Delhi along with three others to arrest the publisher of Skyline books,� a police official said here.
Meanwhile, Jha has issued a public apology here stating that the picture of Christ was �erroneously� carried in the copy book after being downloaded from the internet.
