Jha is accused of “outraging religious feelings” after one of his copy books from his publication house depicted Jesus Christ holding a beer can and a cigarette.
The cursive writing copy book was meant for school students of class I. Concerned parents from a local school first alerted authorities about the “objectionable” depiction of Christ.
The district authorities later registered a case against the Skyline publisher under section 295 A, Indian Penal Code. The district Court here issued an arrest warrant against Jha yesterday.
“Inspector N Thohrem would lead the team to New Delhi along with three others to arrest the publisher of Skyline books,” a police official said here.
Meanwhile, Jha has issued a public apology here stating that the picture of Christ was “erroneously” carried in the copy book after being downloaded from the internet.