POLICE in India filed a defamation case against a group of comedians accused of insulting prime minister Narendra Modi.
A spokeswoman for the Mumbai police said today (July 14) that the force had registered a first information report against All India Bakchod (AIB) over a tweet poking fun at India's leader.
"An FIR has been registered against AIB at Mumbai's cyber police station after due legal consultation," Rashmi Karandikar said.
The case has been registered under laws against defamation and spreading obscene material online.
Police received a complaint after AIB earlier this week tweeted a photograph of a Modi look-alike who had been spotted at a train station carrying a holdall and looking at his mobile phone.
Alongside it they posted a photo of the real Modi's face but superimposed a dog's features using a Snapchat filter. They included the hashtag "Wanderlust" in an apparent reference to Modi's regular trips abroad.
The tweet went viral on social media but sparked a backlash from Modi supporters and AIB ended up deleting it.
"Will continue making jokes. And deleting if necessary. And making jokes again. And apologizing if necessary. Don't care what you think," Tanmay Bhat, one of AIB's founders tweeted.
(AFP)
