THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The first class judicial magistrate court here on Tuesday granted conditional bail to five persons, arrested in a case related to incidents following the protest Mahija mother of the deceased engineering student, Jishnu Prannoy in front of police headquarters on Wednesday.
KM Shajahan, activist and former additional private secretary of CPM leader VS Achuthanandan, SUCI leaders Shajir Khan, his wife Mini, Sreekumar and Himawal Bhadranananda, a controversial monk were granted bail.
All of them were arrested last week during the agitation led by Jishnu Prannoy's mother Mahija, along with her relatives in front of the DGP's office. The five persons were arrested alleging a conspiracy behind the agitation.
The court on Monday had sent Shajir Khan, Mini, Sreekumar and Himawal Bhadranananda to police custody for four hours. Though KM Shajahan was sent to police custody, the court rejected the plea for his custody. It did, however, permit the investigating officer to interrogate him for an hour in jail.
Jishnu Prannoy was a first year engineering student who was found hanging in the college hostel premises following alleged torture by college authorities. His mother Mahija has been demanding the arrest of all the accused in the case.
Main accused and chairman of Nehru group of institutions, P Krishnadas was granted bail on April 4, after he was arrested. N K Sakthivel, vice principal of Jishnu Prannoy’s college was arrested from Coimbatore on Sunday but was also granted bail.