MUMBAI: The editor of an Urdu newspaper was arrested and later released on bail on Wednesday for reportedly reprinting a controversial caricature originally carried by French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo .

Shirin Dalvi, editor of the daily, was arrested by the police on Wednesday from Mumbra.

The caricature was carried on the front page of the January 17 issue of the Urdu Daily Avadhnama published from Mumbai.

A resident of Mumbra complained to the Mumbra police after he reportedly saw the paper on the stands in Govandi. A complaint was also filed at Lower Parel police station, informed a police official.

Dalvi was booked for outraging religious feelings of any class by insulting its religion with malicious intent under Section 295 A of the Indian Penal Code. Dalvi was presented before the court that granted her bail.

“The section in the FIR registered against her is bailable, hence the court granted her bail,” informed a police official from Mumbra.