P V Anvar, independent MLA from Nilambur, who was arrested and remanded in judicial custody for allegedly vandalising the District Forest Office (DFO), was granted bail by the Nilambur Judicial First Class Magistrate Court on Monday.

While considering the bail plea of Anvar, the court rejected the prosecution’s request for custody to question him for further investigation in the case and granted him bail with conditions . The conditions are that PV Anvar has to deposit Rs 50000 as bail amount and Rs 35000 for destruction of public property and he has to appear before the investigating officer every Wednesday etc.

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Anvar is currently lodged in Thavanur Central Jail and he will be released after executing the bail order.

Anvar was arrested on Sunday night after allegedly leading a protest that resulted in vandalism at the forest office in response to a tribal man’s death in Nilambur caused by an elephant attack.

Anvar shared a note on Facebook after getting bail ‘Dear ones, bail has been granted .Greetings to those who stood by me. See you in person’ Anvar wrote on Facebook.

PV Anvar, who recently left the CPI-M)-led ruling Left Democratic Front(LDF), now leads a collective called the Democratic Movement of Kerala (DMK).On Sunday morning, DMK workers, led by Anvar staged a protest outside the District Forest Office(DFO) in Nilambur, following the death of a tribal man, Mani, in an Elephant attack. During the protest, around 10 DMK workers trespassed into the District forest office and vandalised the office room.

They allegedly smashed the windows and doors of the Nilambur Forest Office.Anvar and several workers of DMK were booked under various sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) and the Prevention of Damage to Public Property Act.

In an unprecedented move, the police swiftly arrested Anvar at his residence at Othayi in Nilambur amid heavy public, media and police presence. Anvar was remanded for 14 days, and the police took him to the Central Jail in Thavanur, located 70 kilometers away.

KPCC President K Sudhakaran MP has strongly criticized the arrest of Congress MLA PV Anvar, alleging a “high-level political conspiracy” behind the incident. He accused the police of displaying undue eagerness in arresting Anvar while turning a blind eye to similar incidents involving leaders from the ruling party.

Opposition leader VD Satheesan said that the arrest of PV. Anwar at his house was a revenge politics by the CPI-M. The government is sending a message through Anwar’s arrest that anyone who opposes Pinarayi Vijayan and his gang of conspirators will face this fate.Former Opposition Leader Ramesh Chennithala also condemned the arrest, labeling it as an act of “state terrorism.”