The reception accorded by BJP workers in Thrissur to Thiruvananthapuram corporation councillor R Sugathan upon his release from Viyyur Central Jail
The petition also stated that Sugathan had submitted representations to the additional chief secretary and the chief secretary on June 12, but the govt waited for the opinion of the Kaapa advisory board before considering them. This, according to the petitioner, prejudiced his right to have the representations considered independently and violated the fundamental right guaranteed under Article 22(5) of the Constitution.
Sugathan had been granted bail in five of the seven cases cited in the detention order, according to the petition. I am not planning to back out of the agitations to highlight the people’s grievances” he said. Kochi/Thrissur: The high court has quashed the preventive detention of R Sugathan, a BJP councillor of the Thiruvananthapuram corporation, under the Kerala Anti-Social Activities (Prevention) Act (Kaapa) and ordered his release. He was not arrested in one case, while the HC had granted him pre-arrest bail in another. “I have only sought to resolve the problems faced by the people in my division of the corporation. I will land in jail again if the authorities fail to address those problems.
Meanwhile, prominent BJP functionaries, including Union minister of state Suresh Gopi , arrived at Viyyur prison to receive Sugathan after his release on Tuesday.