The Madras High Court on Monday granted anticipatory bail to Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) members Gayathri Raguram, Kalidoss and M. Kabilan in a rioting case booked against them following a scuffle with Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi (VCK) cadres when the latter’s leader Thol Thirumavalavan garlanded B.R. Ambedkar’s statue at Koyambedu in Chennai on April 14.
Justice G. Jayachandran granted the relief and directed the petitioners to appear before the investigating officer every day. In her petition, Ms. Raguram said the party cadres had assembled at the venue at the instructions of their party president K. Annamalai. She claimed that a false complaint had been lodged against her since she had a “political fight” with the VCK leader on the social media.
