Hours after Rajya Sabha MP and Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) Organising Secretary RS Bharathi was arrested on Saturday morning on charges of making derogatory statements against judges and Dalits, the court released him on interim bail.

His speech on February 15 at a party office against judges and Dalits was considered insulting and a police complaint was lodged by the leader of Athi Tamilar Makkal Katchi Kalyanasundaram under the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act.