A court in western Assam’s Barpeta on Friday granted bail to independent Gujarat MLA and Dalit rights activist Jignesh Mevani, arrested twice in as many cases since April 20, after observing that the first information report (FIR) against him was falsely registered.
The Barpeta District and Sessions Court gave Mr. Mevani bail on a personal recognisance (PR) bond of ₹1,000 in the second case, of allegedly assaulting and pawing a woman police officer on April 21, after he was brought to Assam from Gujarat’s Palanpur. The first case is related to an allegedly offensive tweet on Prime Minister Narendra Modi that he had posted on April 18.
