chennai dmk organisational secretary and rajya sabha member r s bharathi was let off on interim bail till june 1 by the principal sessions court hours after city police arrested him on saturday condemning the arrest dmk president m k stalin said the party could not be cowed by such intimidations the aiadmk government has taken up a case after 100 days after his speech under the scst prevention of atrocities act the government has arrested him after he had given an explanation and apologised for what he had spoken neither can the chief minister nor the ringmasters remote controlling him divert the dmks work to uplift scsts and social justice said stalinchief minister edappadi k palaniswami however denied the allegation and said there was no political intention or interference in bharathis arrest he has been arrested for his inflammatory speech about a madras high court judge and its a police action based on an individuals complaint he saida team of central crime branch personnel picked up bharathi up from his residence in the early hours of saturday in connection with a speech he had delivered at an indoor meeting he had reportedly remarked that it was due to the dravidian rule that many from oppressed sections became judgessoon after his arrest a battery of dmk lawyers including senior counsel p wilson and n r elango who themselves are rajya sabha members of the party rushed to principal sessions judge selvakumars residence to preempt remanding of bharathi in judicial custodythough the case was originally registered at the teynampet police station on may 22 it was transferred to chennai ccb later the investigating officer arrested bharathi immediately without any further probe they submitted bharathi has already approached the madras hc offering to surrender before the special court for mps and mlas if the usual direction to the trial court to consider his bail application on the same day was issued they addedcountering the arguments state public prosecutor a natarajan said since the case falls under the scst act the complainant has to be heard and no order can be passed without hearing himrecording the submissions the sessions judge said a remand could be refused only when there is no prima facie case from the prosecution records remanding him till june 5 the judge granted the interim relief with a direction that bharathi surrender before the court on june 1 the relief was granted on two grounds pending petition of bharathi in the hc to quash the fir and the fact that his family members are doctors involved in covid19 work and therefore sending him to jail would put other inmates at the risk of infection