Thiruvananthapuram: Senior politician PC George was arrested by the Thiruvananthapuram Fort police for speaking communal remarks against the Muslim community while addressing an event in the district on Friday.
The leader who was taken into custody from his Erattupetta residence on Sunday morning was brought to the Nandavanam AR Camp here.
PC George was slapped with non-bailable charges and the arrest was registered under section IPC 153 A. He will be presented before the magistrate soon.
PC’s car pelted with eggs, BJP defends him
Even as a controversial leader was hailed by the BJP for his acerbic remarks against the Muslims, the car in which he was taken to the Fort Police Station in the state capital came under a hail of eggs pelted by DYFI activists.
The police convoy was waylaid by BJP supporters at Vattapara on the outskirts of Thiruvananthapuram before they came forward to compliment George who was seated in the car, flanked by cops. The right-wing activists were seen putting a shawl around his shoulder.
The convoy was accosted by DYFI activists at Nalanchira. They shouted slogans denouncing him and waved black flags. Soon, a hail of eggs struck the car.
It was under state police chief Anil Kant’s direction that Fort police registered a case against the leader.
Youth League state general secretary PK Firos had on Saturday lodged a complaint with Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan and Anil Kant against George for insulting the community.
George, while addressing the Ananthapuri Hindu Maha Sammelan in the district, said restaurants run by Muslims used a certain drop that causes impotence.
He said the Muslims were trying to seize the country by sterilizing men and women (of other religions).
He said Muslims were trying to increase their population while Hindu and Christian women were reluctant to give birth to more babies. “Both Hindu and Christian women should beget at least four babies. Whenever I attend a marriage I tell the newly married couple this,” he said.
Firos, in his complaint shared on Facebook, said George deliberately attempted to insult the Muslim community and create fissures in Kerala.
“He has made serious and false allegations in his speech. They will put the Muslim community under a cloud of suspicion and cause a communal rift between the community and people of other faiths,” he said. I have sought to book George under IPC 153A and other relevant sections of the law.
Congress leaders Shafi Parambil and VT Balram had also come out against George.
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