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Indian actor arrested over tweet against judge hearing hijab ban case

Chetan Kumar Ahimsa had criticised High Court Justice Krishna Dixit, saying the judge had made "disturbing comments" about the behavior of a rape victim in a previous ruling.

Kumar, is a Dalit, formerly known as untouchables and considered the lowest in the Indian caste system.

An Indian actor has been arrested for criticising a judge now hearing challenges to a hijab ban in schools.

Chetan Kumar Ahimsa, a Kannada-language film actor, was arrested on Tuesday evening in the state of Karnataka for his social media comments on how High Court Justice Krishna Dixit questioned the behavior of a rape victim in a previous ruling.

"Kannada film actor and activist Chetan (Kumar) Ahimsa has been arrested by Bengaluru City Police," M N Anucheth, a deputy police commissioner, said in a statement on Wednesday.

Kumar, is a Dalit, formerly known as untouchables and considered the lowest in the Indian caste system.

The actor had said in a tweet: “Justice Krishna Dixit made such disturbing comments in a rape case. Now this same judge is determining whether hijabs (headscarves) are acceptable or not in government schools. Does he have the clarity required?"

He also shared a 2020 tweet about Dixit, saying that he had granted bail to a rape suspect, “claiming ‘it is unbecoming of Indian woman to sleep after rape; that is not the way women react when they are ravished.’ What’s ‘unbecoming’ is 21st c misogyny of this judiciary Dixit fossil.”

This is a tweet I wrote nearly two years ago regarding a Karnataka High Court decision

Justice Krishna Dixit made such disturbing comments in a rape case

Now this same judge is determining whether #hijabs are acceptable or not in govt schools

Does he have the clarity required? pic.twitter.com/Vg8VRXmJTW
— Chetan Kumar Ahimsa / ಚೇತನ್ ಅಹಿಂಸಾ (@ChetanAhimsa) February 16, 2022