In a major relief for AIADMK MLA Karunas, the Egmore Magistrate Friday granted him bail in a case pertaining to a provocative speech made against Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Edappadi K Palaniswami and his deputy O Panneerselvam. Karunas, an MLA from Thiruvadanai, had moved a bail plea in court on Thursday, a day after the police were denied seven days custody of the actor-turned-politician.
Karunas was picked up by the Chennai Police on September 23 after a case was filed against him for the speech which went viral on social media. In his address to members of Mukkulathor Puli Padai, a caste outfit he founded, at Valluvar Kottam, Karunas claimed the CM was scared of him and went on to dare a police officer posted there to take off his uniform and fight him