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Those politicians and policemen who have made this arrest should be arrested and put on trial,&#8221; Katju told a news channel.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This is totally unacceptable what is being done against Aseem Trivedi,&#8221; he added.<\/p>\n<p>Katju said that cartoons criticising politicians are published often in a democracy and politicians must learn to be tolerant.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This is not a dictatorship. You can&#8217;t arrest people like this. It is a criminal offence to arrest someone who has not committed a crime under the Indian Penal Code called wrongful arrest and wrongful confinement under section 342 IPC,&#8221; said Katju.<\/p>\n<p>A Mumbai court Sunday remanded Trivedi, an Anna Hazare supporter and political cartoonist, to seven days police custody for drawing an allegedly derogatory sketch and uploading it on his web portal.<\/p>\n<p>25-year-old Trivedi is an activist of India Against Corruption (IAC) and was picked up Saturday evening by Mumbai police following a non-bailable arrest warrant issued against him.<\/p>\n<p>He is accused of uploading &#8220;ugly and obscene&#8221; matter on his web portal and for putting up objectionable banners insulting the Indian constitution during Anna Hazare&#8217;s anti-corruption agitation here last December.<\/p>\n<p>IAC too Monday demanded that Trivedi be &#8220;unconditionally released&#8221; and &#8220;the baseless charge of sedition be withdrawn instantly&#8221;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Press Council of India (PCI) chairman Markandey Katju Monday termed the sedition charge against cartoonist Aseem Trivedi as &#8220;stupid&#8221; and demanded action against politicians and police responsible for arresting the cartoonist. &#8220;The charges are stupid and this is not sedition. 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