Kozhikode : Sedition charges against Kerala writer Kamal Chavara may be dropped, the police said today, two days after his widely condemned arrest over a Facebook post that was allegedly disrespectful to the national anthem.
Mr Chavara, 40, started a hunger strike last night.
"He was being questioned for a complaint. In my experience sedition case won't stand. To change the section we have to inform the court and that process in on," said police chief Loknath Behera today.
The outraged writer said there were other motives behind his arrest. "As a writer I have to be truthful to my story and character. My characters could be patriots, traitors, maoists, terrorists, thief... There is some other reason or motive for them to take this action," he said yesterday.
Last week, 12 people were arrested for not standing up when the national anthem was being played before the screening of a film at the International Film Festival of Kerala in Thiruvananthapuram.
Mr Chavara, 40, started a hunger strike last night.
"He was being questioned for a complaint. In my experience sedition case won't stand. To change the section we have to inform the court and that process in on," said police chief Loknath Behera today.
The outraged writer said there were other motives behind his arrest. "As a writer I have to be truthful to my story and character. My characters could be patriots, traitors, maoists, terrorists, thief... There is some other reason or motive for them to take this action," he said yesterday.
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Last week, 12 people were arrested for not standing up when the national anthem was being played before the screening of a film at the International Film Festival of Kerala in Thiruvananthapuram.
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