Bandra station protest: TV journalist Rahul Kulkarni granted bail

Rahul Kulkarni, a journalist with a TV channel who was arrested in connection with spreading misinformation about trains that led to a huge gathering of migrant labourers outside Bandra Railway station, has been granted bail by a Mumbai court.

In his news report, Kulkarni said Jan Sadharan special trains would resume for people stranded due to the lockdown.

He was booked under IPC Sections 188 (disobedience to order duly promulgated by public servant and 269, 270 (negligent, malignant act likely to spread infection of disease dangerous to life), 117 (abetting commission of offence by public), the official said.

On Tuesday more than 1,000 migrant workers had gathered outside the station in Bandra and demanded transportation arrangements to go back to their hometowns, hours after Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced the extension of the ongoing nationwide lockdown till May 3.