Senior Kerala politician PC George, who was taken into custody by police earlier today, has been granted bail in the case of his controversial remarks against Muslims. Police from the Fort police station had taken George into custody from his residence in Erattupetta in Kottayam district in the early hours on Sunday.
After getting released, George said that he has got conditional bail and added that he respects the court order.
Police on Saturday had registered a case against George alleging that his speech at a conclave here promoted religious hatred. Police at the Fort police station took suo motu action against the former legislator on the directions of the state police chief Anil Kant.
George, who was booked under section 153-A (promoting enmity between different groups) of the Indian Penal Code, is being brought to Thiruvananthapuram, police said. The former Kerala Congress politician had sparked off a controversy by asking non-Muslims in Kerala to avoid restaurants run by the community.
Addressing a programme organised as part of the ongoing Ananthapuri Hindu Maha Sammelan here on Friday, he had alleged that tea laced with drops causing impotence were sold in Muslim-run restaurants to turn people infertile in a bid to seize control of the country. The 70-year-old politician, who represented the Poonjar constituency in the state Assembly for 33 years, had also urged non-Muslims to boycott businesses run by Muslims.
The ruling CPI(M) and the opposition Congress had condemned his remarks.
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