A Magistrate court in Thiruvananthapuram on January 16 (Tuesday) granted bail to Youth Congress Kerala president Rahul Mamkootathil in two of the three rioting, unlawful assembly and public property destruction cases registered in connection with Opposition demonstrations in Kerala capital in early January and late December.
Mr. Mamkootathil is currently in judicial remand at the Central Prison, Poojappura. On January 15 (Monday), the Cantonment police re-arrested him in judicial custody in three other cases connected to the Youth Congress protests.
After the court issued a production warrant, the police produced Mr. Mamkootathil briefly before Judicial First Class Magistrate-III, Thiruvananthapuram, on Tuesday.