'Obscene' web content: Cartoonist Aseem Trivedi arrested in Mumbai

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Cartoonist Aseem Trivedi was arrested in Mumbai on Sunday for allegedly posting 'ugly and obscene' content on his web portal.

Later Trivedi was produced in a Bandra court after which he was sent to police custody till September 16.

Trivedi was charged with sedition under Section 124 A of the Indian Penal Code which is a non-bailable offence. Cartoonist was also charged under the IT Act and the 1971 National Emblem Act.

Trivedi's cartoons reportedly depicted Parliament as a commode and showed the national emblem with wolves instead of lions.