Nine students of the Sree Krishna college at Guruvayur in Kerala were today arrested in the case related to campus magazine containing unsavoury remarks against Prime Minister Narendra Modi, police said.
Those arrested, and let off on bail soon, included student editor of the magazine, its sub-editors and editorial advisory committee members, police said.They had been charged under various Sections of the IPC including 153 (wantonly giving provocation, punishment for defamation and printing matter known to be defamatory).
Police had registered the case against them as the magazine was found to have used "objectionable and unsavoury" language against the PM, garbed as a crossword puzzle. The Guruvyaur Sree Krishna temple managing committee, which runs the college, had sought an explanation from the principal.
