Chennai: Police detained Anti-Methane Project Movement leader, ‘Prof’ T Jayaraman and his wife J Chitra this morning.
He was arrested when he raised objections to an ONGC hydrocarbon well-cleaning process at Kathiramangalam. He and his wife were arrested for not permitting government officials from doing their duty.
Jayaraman was detained in the past for leading protests against ONGC’s proposal to start an oil and natural gas exploration project in a village near Nannilam in Thiruvarur.