The Kerala Police have registered a case against two artists based in the state for vandalising artworks of Algerian-French artist Hanan Benammar at the Durbar Hall Art Gallery in Kochi.

Benammar’s seven linocut graphic prints, which were on display as part of an international exhibition titled ‘Estranged Geographies’, were allegedly destroyed by artists Hochimin P H and Sudamshu, alleging obscenity.

The Kochi City police registered the case against the two based on a complaint from Murali Cheeroth, the Chairperson of the Kerala Lalithakala Akademi, which organised the exhibition.

The First Information Report (FIR) was registered under Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) sections 329 (3) (criminal trespass, 324(4) (criminal mischief that causes loss), and 3(5) (criminal act committed by sever

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