Souradeep Sengupta. Image credit: Facebook

Souradeep Sengupta, a guest lecturer at Gurucharan College in Silchar, was granted bail by a Silchar court on Tuesday.

He was arrested on Friday night from his residence for posting โ€œderogatory commentsโ€ against Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the RSS and the BJP on Facebook in wake of the violence in Delhi.

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The Chief Judicial Magistrate Court granted bail to Souradeep Sengupta on a surety of Rs 15,000.

He was also asked by the court to assure his complete cooperation with the police and not leave Silchar without the courtโ€™s permission.

Sengupta, who teaches Physics at GC College, referring to Delhi violence, had allegedly said in a Facebook post that some sections were trying to recreate Godhra riots of 2002 in the national capital.

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He also slammed Prime Minister Modi and allegedly dubbed him as โ€˜mass murdererโ€™.

Sengupta had later deleted the posts and also tendered an apology.

โ€œI apologise for any religious sentiments I may have hurt by my posts,โ€ he said in a Facebook post on Thursday night.

โ€œI made some irresponsible comments about a communally sensitive issue,โ€ he added.

It was a lapse of judgement. My intention was not to insult any religion at large,โ€ he said.

Police registered the case and arrested him based on an FIR lodged by the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) activists.

Police registered a case (No 722/2020) against Sengupta at Sadar Police Station in Silchar under sections 295(A), 153(A), 507 of the IPC and 66 (IT Act).