Cartoonist G. Bala was arrested in Chennai for criticising the Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Edappadi Palaniswamy, police and other district administration officials, reports emerged on Sunday.
His latest cartoon had criticised the state officials for the self-immolation of a family, caught in the hands of a loan mafia in Tirunelveli.
Daily wage labourer Esakkimuthu, who had taken a loan from two money lenders, and his wife Subbulakshmi set themselves and their two children—Mathi Saranya (4) and Akshaya Bharanitha (18 months)—on fire.