Chennai, Oct. 29 -- A court in Chennai late on Wednesday night granted bail to Teeta Saravanan, the Opposition DMK Corporation Ward Councillor in Vellore district, who was arrested for his controversial remarks that "we should have finished him in Karur itself", which was directed at Tamil Nadu Chief Minister and TVK Founder Vijay linking to the Karur stampede that claimed 41 lives.

Saravanan, a Vellore Corporation councillor and a staunch supporter of former School Education Minister Anbil Mahesh Poyyamozhi, allegedly made the remarks during a protest by the DMK late on Monday night when the Ex-Minister was brought to Puzhal Central Prison following his arrest in the private school recognition bribery case.

"If we had finished him (Vijay...