Asif Ali, member of the 9th ward of Kavaratti panchayat, who was arrested by the Kavaratti police on charge of making a provocative social media post targeting Lakshadweep Administrator Praful Khoda Patel, has been accorded conditional bail by the Amini Chief Judicial Magistrate Court.
Mr. Ali, a member of the youth wing of the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP), made the post on Saturday evening challenging Mr. Patel to be brave enough to face the stir against his alleged highhanded policies. This was after it emerged that Mr. Patel would not be in Lakshadweep on March 21 when the NCP protest was planned.
