Gujarat MLA Jignesh Mevani Gets Bail In Case Of "Assault" On Policewoman
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Jignesh Mevani was arrested in the alleged assault case on April 25 just after he was granted bail by another court in Assam in a case over tweets on Prime Minister Narendra Modi
Gujarat MLA Jignesh Mevani has been granted bail by a court in Assam in a case of alleged assault on a policewoman.
Mr Mevani was re-arrested in the alleged assault case on April 25 just after he as granted bail by another court in Assam in a case over tweets on Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
The MLA was accused of "assaulting and outraging" the modesty of a woman police officer in the new case against him.
Mr Mevani was first arrested on Thursday last from Gujarat's Palanpur by a team of Assam Police after a local BJP leader from Assam's Kokrajhar filed a complaint against him. Mr Mevani - an arch critic of PM Modi - has called his arrest "vendetta politics by the PMO (Prime Minister's Office)".