Kochi: In the case of Vennala hate speech, former MLA P.C. George will appear at the Palarivattom police station on Wednesday at 2 pm. Palarivattom police have asked PC to appear at the station. Notice was given to George.
The High Court has issued an interim order granting bail if George is arrested. George was granted interim bail in the case. The court granted bail stating that the public statement was not allowed. George had told the court that he had not gone into hiding and that he and his family, who had been MLAs for 30 years, were being tortured by the police.
PC Shihabuddin, a native of Kayamkulam, had approached the High Court seeking an injunction restraining George from leaving the country. George was absconding after the Ernakulam Sessions Court rejected his anticipatory bail application. He also filed a petition in the High Court challenging the cancellation of bail. The Ernakulam Additional Sessions Court observed that George’s speech in Vennala was provocative. The Ernakulam Additional Sessions Court, in its order dismissing George’s anticipatory bail, held that the speech was likely to incite sectarian and communal tensions and that the imposition of sections 153A and 295A was not unnecessary.
PC Before being released on bail, his son Sean George had said that George was not absconding and would not surrender to Pinarayi’s police for any reason. ‘P.C. George Pinarayi does not intend to be arrested by the police. Pinarayi Vijayan needs to stand up for gains in Thrikkakara. George does not. The Thrikkakara by-election is ahead of the government. Now somehow PC. Arresting George can please a lot of people. That is the politics of appeasement going on in Kerala. The move is part of a long-running policy of appeasement by the left and the right, “said Shawn.
George was arrested by the police for his speech at the Ananthapuri Hindu Mahasammelan. The BJP-Sangh Parivar leadership had come out in strong opposition to this.