Kalpetta: BJP state president K. Surendran has been granted bail in the Sultan Bathery assembly election bribery case. The Sultan Bathery Judicial First Class Magistrate Court granted bail.
The case was that a bribe of Rs 35 lakh was paid to C.K. Janu to contest as an NDA candidate from the Sultan Bathery constituency in the 2021 assembly elections.
K Surendran was the first accused in the case. BJP Wayanad district president and third accused in the case, Prashanth Malavayil, has also been granted bail.
The second accused, C.K. Janu, had earlier obtained bail. The complaint was filed by SFI state president P.K. Nawas.
