Kerala HC grants anticipatory bail to Suresh Gopi in alleged misbehaviour with woman journalist case
Kochi, Jan 8: The Kerala High Court on Monday granted anticipatory bail to actor and BJP leader Suresh Gopi in connection with a case registered against him for allegedly misbehaving with a woman journalist during a media interaction in October last year.
Justice Sophy Thomas directed the police to grant him bail in case he was arrested.
The anticipatory bail was granted after the state government submitted before the court that there were no circumstances for arrest as of now.
Earlier, Nadakkavu police had questioned the actor-turned-politician in the case and recorded his statement.
The woman journalist had complained along with a video of the incident with the Kozhikode city police commissioner, who, in turn, handed it over to the local police station for further action.
The former BJP Rajya Sabha member landed in trouble after a video surfaced online in which he is seen placing his hand on the shoulder of the journalist, who pushed it away twice, during an interaction with various reporters.
A case under section 354 (outraging modesty of a woman) of the IPC was registered based on her complaint.
Facing intense criticism from various quarters, the actor tendered an apology, saying he only treated the journalist with affection. Despite his apology, criticism from various quarters pointed out that his behaviour had been inappropriate.
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India has agreed already to drop its tariffs to nothing: President Trump
New York/Washington, May 7 (PTI): US President Donald Trump on Tuesday said India has “agreed” to drop its high tariffs “to nothing”.
“I mean, India as an example, has one of the highest tariffs in the world. We’re not going to put up with that, and they’ve agreed already to drop it. They’ll drop it to nothing. They’ve already agreed. They would have never done that for anybody else but me,” Trump told reporters in the Oval Office.
Trump and visiting Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney spoke to reporters as they met in the Oval Office to discuss the US-Canada trade.
“So we’re going to put down some numbers and we’re going to say our country is open for business and they’re going to come in and they’re going to pay for the privilege of being able to shop in the United States of America. It’s very simple. It’s very simple,” he added.
In the past, Trump has called India “tariff king” and a “big abuser”.
Last month, Trump had said that negotiations with India over a bilateral trade deal are “coming along great” and he thinks “we’ll have a deal with India”.
