Dehradun, Oct. 2 -- Gym owner Deepak Kumar, who identifies himself as Mohammad Deepak, was released on bail on Friday after being produced before a sub-divisional magistrate's (SDM) court in Kotdwar following his preventive arrest over an alleged altercation with a local trader, officials said.

SDM Sandeep Kumar granted bail to Deepak, who was detained on Thursday by the Pauri Garhwal police under Section 170 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS) as a preventive measure after an alleged altercation with local trader Sanjeev Tank over a Facebook post.

"The Kotdwar police have also registered an FIR in the matter under relevant sections of the BNS concerning criminal intimidation and the use of abusive language," he said.

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