Cases have been booked against television journalists who captured visuals of Karnataka Minister of State for Primary and Secondary Education Tanvir Sait allegedly browsing through ‘objectionable’ content during the Tipu Jayanti celebrations in Raichur on Thursday.

They have been booked for “intentional insult with intent to provoke breach of peace” under Section 504 of the IPC. Mr. Sait had lodged a complaint against Siddu Biradar and Prashanth, reporter and video journalist of a private Kannada channel.

The Opposition BJP, which has been demanding the resignation of Mr. Sait on “moral grounds,” described the cases against the journalists as an attempt to “stifle freedom of expression”.