Tamil Nadu’s chief of opposition and All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) interim basic secretary Edappadi Palaniswami (EPS) has been booked together with three others on a number of fees for allegedly manhandling a passenger at Madurai airport on Saturday, police stated on Sunday.
The FIR towards EPS, a former chief minister, his private safety officer, Sivagangai MLA P R Senthilanathan and former minister M Manikandan was filed on the premise of a criticism by the passenger, Y Rajeshwaran, at Avaniyapuram police station in Madurai district. HT has seen a duplicate of the FIR.
All 4 of them have been booked beneath six sections of Indian Penal Code (IPC) – 341 (wrongful restraint), 343 (theft), 294 b (obscene phrases), 323 (voluntarily inflicting damage), 506(1) (felony intimidation), and 109 (abets any offence).
There was no fast response from EPS on the matter. Assistant commissioner of police of Avaniyapuram didn’t reply to HT’s calls.
The AIADMK, in the meantime, filed a counter criticism towards the passenger and accused him of abusing occasion leaders.
In his criticism, Rajeshwaran stated he had returned to Madurai from Singapore on Saturday and was travelling on a shuttle bus after deboarding the plane when he noticed EPS and determined to go stay on social media.
Through the stay streaming, a purported video of which went viral on social media, Rajeshwaran stated he’s travelling with an “instance of a betrayer” and accused EPS of backstabbing “Chinnamma” – referring to V Ok Sasikala who was expelled from the AIADMK quickly after former chief minister J Jayalalithaa’s loss of life.
Rajeshwaran additionally flayed EPS for offering 10.5% inside reservation to the Vanniyar neighborhood within the run as much as the 2021 meeting elections – a transfer that had irked the Thevar neighborhood to which Sasikala belongs to.
Rajeshwaran stated whereas he was talking on the reservation, EPS’s private safety officer snatched his telephone and assaulted him. Purported movies of the incident which surfaced later confirmed Rajeshwaran being roughed up by EPS’s aides.
HT couldn’t confirm the authenticity of any of the above movies.
Rajeshwaran stated he was within the occasion earlier however stop after EPS took over. He stated EPS mumbled, taking a look at him and his private safety officer referred to as him a traitor.
Close to the airport exit, the complainant alleged, AIADMK leaders assaulted him and hit him on his head, chest, again and fingers, resulting in accidents. The leaders additionally took away his telephone and threatened to kill him, he stated, including he was rescued by airport safety officers later.
The AIADMK filed a counter criticism towards the passenger.
In his FIR, seen by HT, former minister and Thirumangalam MLA from Madurai, R B Udhayakumar alleged that he was ready within the passenger reception space to welcome the leaders when he noticed Rajeshwaran approaching them. He alleged Rajeshwaran used abusive language and even tried to assault him.
Rajeshwaran has been booked beneath sections 341 and 294 (b) of IPC.
AIADMK chief Sellur Raju alleged police have filed a false case towards his occasion members.
“The police have filed a false case. That is absolutely executed with vengeance by chief minister M Ok Stalin towards the AIADMK… this regime has a lot braveness to do injustice to us by registering this FIR,” he stated.
Talking on situation of anonymity, a DMK chief stated the police have additionally filed a case primarily based on AIADMK’s criticism. “So how can there be any agenda?” the chief stated.