Bigg Boss fame Hindustani Bhau alias Vikas Fhatak has been granted bail by Mumbai sessions court in connection with students' protest over online exams.


News agency ANI tweeted :"Mumbai sessions court grants bail to Vikas Fhatak alias Hindustani Bhau in the matter of Dharavi Students Protest over online exams. He was arrested on February 1st by Dharavi Police station: Advocate Aniket Nikam, representing Hindustani Bhau."






For the uninitiated, Hindustani Bhau was arrested on February 1, 2022 for allegedly 'instigating students to protest against offline exams'.


On January 31, hundreds of students of class 10th and 12th took to the streets in different cities of the state including Dharavi in ​​Mumbai, and started creating ruckus on the streets to protest against the offline examination.


According to the police, Hindustani Bhau had uploaded a video on Instagram inciting the students. The FIR has been registered under several sections of the Indian Penal Code, including the Prevention of Rioting, Maharashtra Police Act, Disaster Management Act, and Maharashtra Prevention of Defacement of Property Act. Recently, students protested in Mumbai and Nagpur against offline examinations. 



After the protest, it emerged that Hindustani Bhau had asked the students to assemble in the Dharavi area. On Monday, a large number of students had gathered outside the minister's house, following which the police resorted to mild lathi-charge to stop them.