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Update: 2 vendors arrested for selling newspaper with Hebdo cartoon
Updated On: 05 February, 2015 11:34 AM IST | | Saurabh Vaktania
<p>JJ Marg Police in Mumbai have arrested two persons for selling copies of Urdu daily Avadhnama, which printed a controversial cartoon of Prophet Mohammed from French magazine Charlie Hebdo</p>
The first edition of Charlie Hebdo published after the attack on January 7, which killed 12 people, had a print run of seven million, up from the usual 30,000.
In an act that has caused much surprise and alarm, the JJ Marg police have arrested newspaper vendors Tariq Ahmed Sheikh and Salman Kalam Sheikh for selling the January 17 issue of the Urdu daily Avadhnama, which carried a photo of the cover of the French magazine Charlie Hebdo with the controversial cartoon of Prophet Mohammed.
Also read: Editor of Urdu daily held for reprinting Charlie Hebdo's controversial cartoon of Prophet Mohammed
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