Jesus picture Row: Red Corner Notice Against Publisher Soon

By Tilak Rai

Shillong, Mar 9 : Meghalaya police will soon issue a red corner notice across the country for Skyline publisher Indra Mohan Jha, who went into hiding after his firm published a picture of Jesus Christ holding a cigarette and a beer can.

After the Shillong Chief Judicial Magistrate’s court issued a warrant against Jha, a Meghalaya Police team had gone to Delhi, from where he supposedly operates his publishing house, to arrest him. The police team, however, failed to trace him as he had gone underground, East Khasi Hills SP A R Mawthoh said.

“A red corner notice will be issued against Jha either today or tomorrow,” Mawthoh said. Publication of the “objectionable” picture of Jesus in a cursive writing text book had angered Christians, who are 80 percent of Meghalaya’s population