Surendran to continue in jail as court denies bail in Chithira Attatirunal protest
Surendran was arrested on his way to Sabarimala earlier this month and rest of the cases were slapped on him later.
Surendran was arrested on his way to Sabarimala earlier this month and rest of the cases were slapped on him later.
Surendran was arrested on his way to Sabarimala earlier this month and rest of the cases were slapped on him later.
Pathanamthitta: The district sessions court on Friday rejected the bail plea of BJP Kerala general secretary K Surendran in the case related to blocking and allegedly attacking a 52-year-old woman who had come to Sabarimala during Chithira Aattatirunal.
The court also denied bail to Elanthoor native Sooraj, the prime accused in the case.
The police have submitted documents on Surendran's interactions with Sooraj as proof of his alleged role in the conspiracy to block a Thrissur native who tried to enter Sannidhanam along with her grandchild.
Earlier, Ranni addition sessions court had denied bail to Surendran in the same case. Surendran can now move the Kerala High Court for bail.
The BJP leader was granted bail in a case related to gheraoing Neyyattinkara tahsildar during the Namajapa protests.
Surendran has six warrants issued against him in Kannur, including old political cases.
The BJP leader was arrested on his way to Sabarimala earlier this month and rest of the cases were slapped on him later. The latest being a case pertaining to blocking activist Trupti Desai at the Cochin International Airport, Nedumbassery.
Sabarimala had witnessed a series of protests from a section of devotees over the state government's decision to implement the Supreme Court, allowing entry of women of all age groups into the shrine.