Film actor Kamal Haasan has supported cartoonist G Bala, arrested on Sunday. They have said that if all those who speak the truth will be put behind the bars then the jails will fall short.

This action has been done on the cartoonist of Tirunwelli, to make a controversial caricature, in which he was tensed on the Chief Minister of the state, a District Magistrate and the Police Commissioner.

The cartoonist blamed them for the death of a family before two weeks outside of the Collectorate.

On the cartoonist's arrest, Hassan said, "Terrorism is different from extremism. I do not impose my ideology on others. I am a logician. "He further said," If you close the people who spoke the truth behind the bars then the number of prisons will be reduced to keep them. "

At the same time, journalists will protest against the arrest of G. Bala on Monday at four in the evening.

Bala has been arrested on the complaint of a District Magistrate in Tirunwelli. It is alleged that G Bala had created a caricature against Chief Minister E Palani Swami, Nellai's District Magistrate and Police Commissioner. He was trying to spoil his image.

A cartoonist has been booked against Section 67 of the Information Technology (IT) Act. A police official said that the collector had filed a complaint in the district crime branch in Tirunavelli.

As soon as Bala was arrested, #standwithCartoonistBala was trending on Twitter.

Bala was arrested for the caricature, he posted on the Facebook account. To the Chief Minister, the District Magistrate and the Police Commissioner, he had attributed them to the death of a family, who had suicided outside the collectorate two weeks ago.

There is allegation that the family was tortured by some Mahajans and the District Magistrate and the police could not do anything on their six complaints in the past two months. In this case, the caricature becomes viral due to the injuries on the system of Bala.

Caricature has a child lying on the ground, which is burning. Front CM, District Magistrate and Police Commissioner are seeing the burning child. They are standing nude during this period and they seem to be covering themselves with pots of notes.

As a government official, Bala had posted this post on the night of October 24th. About 38 thousand people shared it.

Taking cognizance of caricature, the District Magistrate reporting to Chief Secretary and DGP ordered them to arrest. According to the police, filed a case under Section 67 of the Information and Technology Act and Section 501 of the Indian Penal Code on Bala.

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