Former Kerala MLA PC George has been sent to 14-day judicial custody in the hate speech case.
Former Kerala MLA PC George has been sent to 14-day judicial custody in the hate speech case.
A magisterial court here sent Kerala Janapaksham (Secular) leader and former MLA PC George to 14-day judicial custody. Anantapuri Hindu Mahasammelan hate speech case. Thereafter, the police lodged him at the Thiruvananthapuram District Sub Jail, Poojapura.
He was arrested early Thursday by the Fort Police for allegedly circulating communally provocative remarks at a meeting held in mid-May.
Earlier, the court Mr. George’s bail canceled The magistrate in the case found that the former MLA had violated the bail conditions by repeating the divisive theme at a public function at Vennala in Kochi a few days later.
The court perused the footage and other digital evidence presented by the prosecution, and upheld the state’s contention that the magistrate had not heard the prosecution when Mr George was released on bail.
After a mandatory medical examination, the police produced Mr. George in the magistrate’s court in Vanchiyur. The check-up included a COVID-19 test, which reportedly turned out to be negative.
Mr George’s lawyer said the politician did not make any complaint against the police. The magistrate had specifically asked the arrested person whether the police had misbehaved with him or misbehaved with him.
Lawyers say ‘political witch hunt’
However, Mr George’s lawyer said he argued in court that his client was the victim of a political witch hunt. He said that the police had chased them after picking them up from Kochi on Wednesday and taking them to Thiruvananthapuram.
Later speaking to reporters outside the court, Mr. George’s son and lawyer, Sean George, alleged that the government seemed desperate to jail his father, possibly to gain some political mileage in the Thrikkakara assembly by-election. For.
“Time will testify that Mr. George spoke the truth against overwhelming odds”, he said.
‘Gift to extremists’: Surendran
BJP state president K. Describing Mr George’s “midnight arrest” as a CPI(M) gift to “extremists”, Surendran said the party had planned the arrest to appease the hardliners on the eve of the Trikkakara bypoll.
CPI(M) state secretary Kodiyeri Balakrishnan said the law had taken its natural course.
The political theater marked the arrival of Mr. George in the capital. BJP workers showered flower petals on his car as he entered the police camp premises.