SIO activists get bail

Kozhikode: The Chief Judicial Magistrate Court, Kozhikode, Tuesday granted bail to 15 activists of the Students Islamic Organisation (SIO), who were arrested when they were staging a protest against the incidents in University of Hyderabad.

The bail has been granted on the condition that all accused will have to appear before the police twice a week. They were also asked to surrender their passports.

The incident happened on Saturday when they were holding a protest march towards the Head Post office in Kozhikode against the brutal police attack on the University of Hyderabad (UoH) students.

It was also alleged that the activists were slapped with false charges.