<p>A Jadavpur University professor awarded compensation of Rs 50,000 by the West Bengal Human Rights Commission for being arrested after he emailed a cartoon allegedly derogatory to Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, today said such spoofs could not be stopped by laws.<br /><br /></p>.<p>"Cartoons cannot be forcibly stopped by law despite efforts by the state government. Students and youths will never accept such action," Professor Ambikesh Mahapatra told reporters here.<br /><br />The WBHRC yesterday said that the state government must pay Rs 50,000 within six weeks to Professor Mahapatra and his neighbour Subrata Sengupta, for their arrest in a case which was a non-cognizable offence.<br /><br />It also recommended departmental proceedings against two police officers.<br /><br />Mahapatra and Sengupta were arrested on charge of e-mailing a spoof on the chief minister Mamata Banerjee and Railway Minister Mukul Roy taken from Satyajit Ray's children's film 'Sonar Kella' in April.</p>
<p>A Jadavpur University professor awarded compensation of Rs 50,000 by the West Bengal Human Rights Commission for being arrested after he emailed a cartoon allegedly derogatory to Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, today said such spoofs could not be stopped by laws.<br /><br /></p>.<p>"Cartoons cannot be forcibly stopped by law despite efforts by the state government. Students and youths will never accept such action," Professor Ambikesh Mahapatra told reporters here.<br /><br />The WBHRC yesterday said that the state government must pay Rs 50,000 within six weeks to Professor Mahapatra and his neighbour Subrata Sengupta, for their arrest in a case which was a non-cognizable offence.<br /><br />It also recommended departmental proceedings against two police officers.<br /><br />Mahapatra and Sengupta were arrested on charge of e-mailing a spoof on the chief minister Mamata Banerjee and Railway Minister Mukul Roy taken from Satyajit Ray's children's film 'Sonar Kella' in April.</p>