Kamal Haasan Gets Anticipatory Bail in Godse Remark Case

The Madurai bench of the Madras High Court on Monday granted anticipatory bail to Makkal Needi Maiam founder Kamal Haasan after a case was filed against him for a remark against Mahatma Gandhi’s assassin, Nathuram Godse, ANI reported.

At an election campaign in Aravakurichi Assembly constituency in Tamil Nadu last week, Haasan had called Godse “independent India’s first extremist” and pointed out that Godse was a Hindu. Hindu Munnani District Secretary KV Ramakrishnan had filed a complaint, following which Haasan was booked for “outraging religious feelings”.

Justice B Pugalendhi granted Haasan interim bail and asked him to appear before the concerned judicial magistrate court in Karur district within 15 days to pay the surety bond, The Times of India reported.