<p>A court here on Wednesday rejected the bail plea of a functionary of a splinter group arrested in connection with a social media post on beef-eating.</p>.<p>Judicial Magistrate N Gnanasambandam dismissed the petition of Dravidar Viduthalai Kazhakam district secretary Nirmal Kumar after hearing arguments from his counsel and the prosecution.</p>.<p>Kumar was arrested on Monday based on a complaint that he had posted on Facebook a picture of himself eating beef and daring Hindu Makkal Katchi leader Arjun Sampath to take 'action' against him.</p>.<p>He was earlier produced before court which had remanded him in judicial custody till August 9.</p>.<p>The post was in response to the recent attack on a person in Nagapattinam district after he uploaded his picture of having beef soup.</p>.<p>Police have arrested four people in connection with the incident at Poravachery village earlier this month. </p>
<p>A court here on Wednesday rejected the bail plea of a functionary of a splinter group arrested in connection with a social media post on beef-eating.</p>.<p>Judicial Magistrate N Gnanasambandam dismissed the petition of Dravidar Viduthalai Kazhakam district secretary Nirmal Kumar after hearing arguments from his counsel and the prosecution.</p>.<p>Kumar was arrested on Monday based on a complaint that he had posted on Facebook a picture of himself eating beef and daring Hindu Makkal Katchi leader Arjun Sampath to take 'action' against him.</p>.<p>He was earlier produced before court which had remanded him in judicial custody till August 9.</p>.<p>The post was in response to the recent attack on a person in Nagapattinam district after he uploaded his picture of having beef soup.</p>.<p>Police have arrested four people in connection with the incident at Poravachery village earlier this month. </p>