Shiv Sena's Sanjay Raut Booked for Sedition Over Critical Article Against PM Modi
• Sanjay Raut charged with sedition for writing objectionable article against PM Modi in Shiv Sena mouthpiece Saamana • Complaint filed by BJP's Yavatmal district coordinator Nitin Bhutada, case registered under sedition and other charges • Article published on Dec 10; police registered case and will conduct probe • Raut accused BJP of censorship, said criticism in Saamana is political • Laws on sedition brought under IPC in 1890, 57 years before independence