Thrissur: Swiss national Jonathan Baud, who was arrested recently from nearby Triprayar for allegedly attending a meeting organized in memory of a Maoist, was produced before a local court on Saturday after police interrogation and taken back to jail again.
Baud was produced before The Kodungalloor Judicial First Class Magistrate, P B Faseela following expiry of police custody period.The court on Friday, while rejecting the bail plea of Baud, had remanded him to police custody for one day. Baud (24), who was arrested on July 28, had been charged under section 2(b) of the Foreigners' Act, 1946 and 2(b) of the Foreigners (Amendment) Act, 2004.
An officer from the Intelligence bureau had interrogated him on Saturday, police said. However, no clues to confirm Baud's links with Maoist organizations was obtained, police said.
He had allegedly attended a meeting organized by a group of activists to commemorate a Maoist reportedly killed while making a country bombs at Karnataka-Andhra border in June.
