MUMBAI: Indian police have filed a defamation case against a group of comedians accused of insulting Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the latest incident to raise fears over creative freedoms in the country, reports AFP.

A spokeswoman for the Mumbai police said on Friday that the force had registered a first information report against All India Bakchod (AIB) over a tweet poking fun at India’s leader.

“An FIR has been registered against AIB at Mumbai’s cyber police station after due legal consultation,” Rashmi Karandikar told AFP.

The case has been registered under laws against defamation and spreading obscene material online.

Police received a complaint after AIB earlier this week tweeted a photograph of a Modi look-alike who had been spotted at a train station carrying a holdall and looking at his mobile phone. Alongside it they posted a photo of the real Modi’s face but superimposed a dog’s features using a Snapchat filter.