With a Mumbai court on Monday sending him to judicial custody till September 24, outrage over Kanpur-based cartoonist Aseem Trivedi's arrest is growing as are the calls for his release.
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Trivedi, arrested on charges of sedition on Sunday, has refused to seek bail. But, more people are coming out in his support.
Anti-corruption campaigner Arvind Kejriwal demanded that all charges against Trivedi be dropped while Press Council of India chairperson Markandey Katju described the arrest as wrongful.
The police action was a "bit overstretched", said the Congress.
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