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The Hindu
The Hindu
National
Special Correspondent

State seeks George's bail cancellation

The State government has moved the court to cancel the bail of Kerala Janapaksham leader P.C. George, ex-MLA, in the politically explosive hate-speech case.

In a petition, the State told the Judicial First Class Magistrate Court-II, Thiruvananthapuram, that Mr. George had repeated the communal hate stoking insinuations for which the Fort police had arrested him last week.

Mr. George’s alleged incendiary imputations against a particular community had prompted the arrest. They had booked Mr. George on the charge of instilling communal discord to provoke rioting.

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