Rajasthan: Model & actress Payal Rohatgi who was arrested by Bundi police on Dec 15, allegedly for her comment on f… https://t.co/s2ZQxthMju — ANI (@ANI) 1576578509000

Former Bigg Boss contestant Payal Rohatgi has been released on bail, tweeted ANI. The actress was arrested by Bundi Police on December 15 for her post on social media, which was allegedly defamatory of the Nehru-Gandhi family.Regarding her release, news agency ANI tweeted: "Model & actress Payal Rohatgi who was arrested by Bundi police on Dec 15, allegedly for her comment on former Prime Minister Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru , has been released on bail with two sureties of Rs 25000 each."The court had remanded Rohatgi in judicial custody for nine days.She was formally arrested late on Sunday night in Bundi after the Rajasthan police picked her up from her residence in Ahmedabad on Sunday morning. The Bundi court said the right to freedom of speech under the Indian Constitution is not unlimited, while rejecting the bail application of the actress earlier.An FIR was registered against Rohatgi on October 10 under the IT Act in the Sadar police station of Bundi, after the state youth Congress general secretary, Charmesh Sharma, gave a written complaint with a clip of the allegedly defamatory post to the Bundi police. Sharma had alleged in his complaint that the video has hateful comments, which are detrimental to the unity and integrity of the country.Rohatgi has already admitted to uploading a post on Motilal Nehru, Jawaharlal Nehru, and other members of the Nehru-Gandhi family in September this year, and had apologised for it.