Right wing commentator TG Mohandas gets bail over controversial remarks on NEET student protest

TG
Moha das’
a est
was
eco ded
o
Mo day
mo i g
afte
he
was
take
i to
custody.

A
cou t
i
Thi uva a thapu am
o
Mo day
g a ted
bail
to
ight-wi g
political
comme tato
T
G
Moha das,
who
was
a ested
ove
alleged
ema ks
i
a
YouTube
video
co ce i g
a
stude t
p otest
i
New
Delhi
li ked
to
the
NEET
pape
leak.Moha das
was
p oduced
befo e
the
Thi uva a thapu am
Additio al
Chief
Judicial
Fi st
Class
Magist ate
Cou t
fo
ema d
p oceedi gs.
Judge
Mithu
Gopi
G
S
g a ted
him
bail
afte
hea i g
a gume ts
f om
both
sides.Police
had
take
Moha das
i to
custody
f om
his
eside ce
i
Matta che y,
Kochi,
o
Su day
eve i g.
His
a est
was
fo mally
eco ded
o
Mo day.ALSO
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TG
Moha das
a est:
Police
to
seek
mo e
cha ges,
seized
gadgets
to
u de go
fo e sic
a alysisThe
case
has
bee
egiste ed
u de
p ovisio s
of
the
Bha atiya
Nyaya
Sa hita,
the
I fo matio
Tech ology
Act
a d
the
Ke ala
Police
Act.
The
Thi uva a thapu am
Cybe
Police
also
i fo med
the
cou t
that
additio al
cha ges
had
bee
added
fo
allegedly
usi g
wo ds,
sou ds,
gestu es
o
objects
i te ded
to
i sult
a
woma ‘s
modesty,
as
well
as
fo
c imi al
i timidatio
i volvi g
seve e
th eats.The
p osecutio
asked
the
cou t
to
allow
Moha das
to
emai
i
custody
fo
fu the
i vestigatio .
It
a gued
that
he
was
a
i flue tial
pe so
who
could
pote tially
i flue ce
wit esses
o
i te fe e
with
evide ce
if
eleased.

His
defe ce
opposed
the
equest,
citi g
his
age
a d
health
co ditio .
His
lawye
also
a gued
that
all
the
offe ces
i voked
agai st
him
we e
bailable.Afte
co side i g
the
submissio s,
the
cou t
g a ted
Moha das
bail.
It
di ected
him
to
appea
befo e
the
i vestigati g
office
fo
th ee
days
as
pa t
of
the
o goi g
p obe
a d
to
appea
befo e
police
whe eve
equi ed.

The
cou t
also
o de ed
him
ot
to
epeat
a
simila
offe ce
while
he
emai s
o
bail.

What
did
he
say

The
case
stems
f om
a
complai t
agai st
videos
posted
o
Moha das’
YouTube
cha el,
‘Path ika’.
The
complai t
alleged
that
the
videos
we e
capable
of
distu bi g
public
o de
a d
c eati g
fea
a d
u est.I
o e
of
the
videos,
Moha das
allegedly
said
the
Delhi
stude ts’
p otest
“could
lead
to
i cide ts
of
ga g
ape”
a d
claimed
that
the e
would
be
o
complai ts
because
“those
atte di g
the
p otest
like
ape
a d
the e
a e
gi ls
who
e joy
bei g
aped”.He
fu the
claimed
that
although
some
people
would
be
killed
o
pe ma e tly
i ju ed,
the
situatio
would
be
b ought
u de
co t ol
withi
hou s
a d
the
bodies
shifted
to
hospitals.ALSO
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‘Rape’
ema ks,
vi al
video,
mid ight
a est:
How
TG
Moha das’
comme ts
o
Delhi’s
Ja ta
Ma ta
p otest
s owballed