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TG Mohandas arrested over remarks on Delhi NEET protest
Kerala Police on Monday formally arrested right-wing commentator TG Mohandas for remarks made in a YouTube video about the NEET protest at Delhi's Jantar Mantar. He was taken into custody from his…
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Kerala Police on Monday formally arrested right-wing commentator TG Mohandas for remarks made in a YouTube video about the NEET protest at Delhi's Jantar Mantar. He was taken into custody from his Kochi home on Sunday and brought to the Thiruvananthapuram cyber crime police station. The Hindu reports that the RSS distanced itself from his comments, calling them personal views.
Mohandas faces charges under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, the Information Technology Act and the Kerala Police Act for provocation to cause a riot and spreading fear. Police seized his digital devices and asked social media platforms to remove the video. In the clip, Mohandas said he would impose a curfew and open fire on protesters, and claimed secular women at such protests enjoy being gangraped. Student unions had complained against him.
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Some call this a free speech clampdown, but the remarks explicitly called for shooting protesters and made vile, gendered threats. The police faced criticism for slowness, yet they acted after a formal complaint. The real test will be whether the courts treat the video as incitement to violence under the BNS or reduce it to a mere offensive opinion. A bail hearing this week will show how seriously the judiciary takes online hate speech.
Sources (4): hindustantimes.com, thehindu.com, indiatoday.in, thefederal.com
This story was synthesised by AI from the 4 sources linked above.
Updated: this story now draws on 4 sources.
