A Delhi court has granted bail to Bhim Sena chief Nawab Satpal Tanwar, who was arrested for allegedly threatening suspended BJP spokesperson Nupur Sharma. He had announced a bounty of Rs 1 crore on her over remarks on Prophet Mohammad.

The police said that Tanwar had posted a video in which he announced a bounty on Sharma for her remarks and was trying to fuel communal disharmony. The court, however, observed in its order passed on June 19 that the FIR was lodged in "haste", where first the case was lodged and then the alleged incriminating video was analysed. "The investigating officer (IO), despite being questioned, has failed to answer why was he in such a hurry to register the FIR even when he had not seen the video," Duty Metropolitan Magistrate Dev Saroha observed.