Apex court stays radio jockey's arrest till Nov 19

New Delhi, No 14 - The Supreme Court Wednesday prevented the West Bengal police from arresting till Nov 19 radio jockey Jonathan Brady alias Nitin, who faces an arrest warrant for unwittingly inciting communal strife with a joking remark about the Gurkha community.A bench of Chief Justice K.G. Balakrishnan and Justice R.V. Raveendran stalled the radio jockey's arrest till Nov 19, when the apex court is slated to hear his anticipatory bail plea.RED FM RJ Brady, who is popularly known as Nitin after a programme called 'Ulta Pulta Nitin' that he used to host on another FM channel, had made the racist remark on Red FM after Prashant Tamang, a Gurkha, won the popular TV talent show 'Indian Idol'.The remark had triggered clashes between Tamang's fans and some people in Siliguri in West Bengal and police had to resort to firing to contain violence.Police later registered a case against Nitin for inciting communal violence and a Siliguri court had issued non-bailable warrant against him.Nitin had subsequently moved the Calcutta High Court seeking anticipatory bail and the quashing of the criminal proceedings against him.He approached the Supreme Court after the high court dismissed his petition.