Jignesh Mevani
Jignesh Mevani given one-day judicial remand
Guwahati: Gujarat independent MLA Jignesh Mevani, arrested for an alleged offensive tweet against Prime Minister Narendra Modi, was on Sunday sent to judicial custody for a day by the Chief Judicial Magistrate's court in Assam's Kokrajhar district Mevani, who was remanded to three-day police custody on April 21, was presented before the court during the day.
The bail petition moved by Mevani's advocate would be heard on Monday.
A team from Assam Police arrested the Dalit leader and independent lawmaker on Wednesday from Palanpur town in Gujarat after an FIR with various charges, including criminal conspiracy, was filed in Kokrajhar district.
He was flown to Guwahati on Thursday and produced in the Chief Judicial Magistrate Court at Kokrajhar in lower Assam.
Mevani was arrested based on an FIR filed by one Arup Kumar Dey in Kokrajhar police station on April 19, complaining about the lawmaker's tweets against Modi.
The complaint read that the circulation of the tweet caused widespread resentment and has the propensity to disturb public tranquillity, besides being prejudicial to the maintenance of harmony among a certain class of people.
(With UNI inputs)
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