Tiruchy, Nov 12:
Over 137 DMK cadres, including former MLA Stalin Kumar and party district secretary Kaduvetti N. Thiyagarajan, were arrested by Thuraiyur police on Wednesday for staging a demonstration against Assembly Deputy Speaker and Thuraiyur MLA M. Ravisankar over the alleged assault of a local resident.
Protesting the incident in which Ravisankar allegedly slapped Karthik Kannanāa local resident and TVK supporter who had approached him with a civic grievanceāDMK cadres raised slogans demanding that Chief Minister C. Joseph Vijay dismiss the Deputy Speaker from office. Addressing the gathering, Thiyagarajan alleged that law and order had deteriorated sharply during the six-month TVK rule and claimed the assault had instilled fear among citizens, deterring residents from approaching elected representatives with public complaints.
Thuraiyur police subsequently registered a case against 137 protesters, including 10 women, Thiyagarajan, Stalin Kumar, and town secretary Murali, before releasing them later.