PATHANAMTHITTA: Pathanamhthitta court has granted bail to BJP State general secretary K Surendran and 72 others in the Sabarimala case.

Surendran and other party workers were arrested on Saturday from Nilakkal and Sannidhanam.

The police took BJP leader K. Surendran into custody after he attempted to enter Sabarimala through the check-post at Nilakkal, the base camp 26 km downhill from the forest shrine.

A police team led by Superintendent of Police Yatish Chanda whisked him and others accompanying him away in a patrol van to the district police headquarters in Pathanamthitta at 7.20 pm after ോ heated argument that extended for hours.

According to the police, he along with others were booked for violating Prohibitory orders at Nilakkal and attempting to upset peace.

However, his release may get delayed as there is another arrest warrant against him for not appearing in a Kannur court in connection with a case in which allgedley threatened police officers in Kannur.