A case under Unlawful ActivitiesPrevention Act has been registered against the organisers ofthe ongoing Kochi-Muziris Biennale for exhibiting aninstallation work of a Dutch artist allegedly promoting bannedoutfits, including Taliban, LTTE and Indian Mujahideen.
The case has been registered under sect 10(4) of theAct, police sources said.
Whether or not to register a case against the artistJonas Staal would be decided later, the sources said.
Special branch had filed reports seeking a ban on thework and it had been forwarded to the Intelligence ADGP atThiruvananthapuram.
The installation had 45 billboards depicting flags ofbanned organisations, including 24 from India, at thepavilion of the New World Summit at Aspinwall, the main venueof the Biennale.
The Special branch had also sought legal advice forinitiating action against the artist for putting up thecontroversial billboards.
The artist had maintained that his installation was'completely legal'.
Biennale sources said the artist had been told earlieritself not to use the controversial billboard of bannedorganisations. After the controversy broke, the flags of thebanned outfits had been removed.