A topless activist has been arrested after letting her children paint her breasts.

Rehana Fathima, from Kerala, India, uploaded a video of her children painting her breasts last week to YouTube, entitled 'Body Art and Politics', but it was removed after users complained about its content.

In the video, Fathima, who is a known campaigner for women's rights and education about the female body, can be seen lying down as her young son and daughter user felt tips and paint to draw on her breasts and stomach.

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While captioning the video, Fathima said that people's attitudes towards women's bodies need to change and the best way to begin this education is at home.

Comparing how much more women's bodies are sexualized compared to men's, she captioned the video: "Despite being covered up, women's bodies are being attacked every minute. From infants, to old people to animals, when they are subjected to such violence, the female body is the weapon to defend it."

"In a sexually fabricated society, women simply do not feel safe in clothes," Fathima continued. "You need to be open and open about what the body is and what sex is… If it starts from home, it can bring about changes in society."

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However, while Fathima might have been comfortable with the content in her video, the police were not, and a criminal case has been launched against her under the Section 67 of the IT Act for electronically transmitting sexually explicit content, and Section 75 of the Juvenile Justice Act for cruelty to a child.

Police were alerted to the existence of the video a complaint that was registered by a state leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), the socially conservative and nationalist ruling political party of the Republic of India.

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According to The Sun, Fathima has been booked without bail and a police officer told local media: "We are looking into how and why the video was uploaded. We are investigating."

Activist arrested after letting her kids paint her breasts