Kannur, July 22 -- The Kannur Police re-arrested MK Ram, the prime accused in the alleged abetment of suicide case related to the death of first-year BDS student RL Nithin Raj of Kannur Dental College, Anjarakandy, shortly after he was granted bail by the Thalassery Principal Sessions Court.

The re-arrest took place late Tuesday night. According to the defence, police forcibly took Ram back into custody immediately after his release on bail, leading to dramatic scenes at the Thalassery court. Defence lawyers returned to the judge's chamber, alleging that the re-arrest was unlawful.

Earlier, the Principal Sessions Court had granted bail to Ram after observing that the arrest did not comply with the Supreme Court's guidelines. The court a...