A ‘butchered’ CBI and media muffling lessons for the Saudis
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A ‘butchered’ CBI and media muffling lessons for the Saudis

The best cartoons of the day, chosen by editors at ThePrint.

   

The best cartoons of the day, chosen by editors at ThePrint.

The selected cartoons appeared first in other publications, either in print or online, or on social media, and are credited appropriately.

R Prasad | Economic Times

R Prasad takes a jibe at Smriti Irani’s sanitary napkin remark, using Parliament as the reference point.

Irfan | @IRFANSCARTOONS/twitter

Irfan has this take on the abrupt manner in which CBI director Alok Verma was relieved of his duties in the middle of the night.

Soham Sen | ThePrint

Soham Sen from ThePrint traces the CBI crisis to its inception: The Moin Qureshi money laundering case. Qureshi is a meat exporter, and here his firm is shown to have butchered members of the CBI.

Manjul | Mid-DayManjul, referring to the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi in the Saudi consulate at Istanbul, suggests that the Saudis ought to take lessons on tackling the press from the present Indian government.

Sajith Kumar | @sajithkumar/twitter

With P. Chidambaram being charged in the Aircel-Maxis case, the BJP now has a retort to the Congress’s protests over the CBI crisis.

Satish Acharya | Sify

Satish Acharya, in a reference to Congress’ decision to protest outside the CBI’s offices, suggests that for a change, the investigating agency isn’t raiding opposition parties’ offices.