Chennai: Madurai police has registered an FIR in opposition to former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Edappadi Ok. Palaniswami (EPS) and 4 others for allegedly attacking a passenger at Madurai airport Saturday.
In the meantime, one other FIR has been filed in opposition to the passenger, Rajeshwaran, based mostly on a criticism registered by All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) chief R.B. Udayakumar, for allegedly making “defamatory remarks” in opposition to occasion interim basic secretary and Chief of Opposition (LoP) within the Tamil Nadu meeting, EPS, in a video shared stay on Fb.
EPS has been booked below six sections of IPC: 341 (wrongfully restraining somebody), 294(b) (uttering obscene phrases), 323 (inflicting damage), 392 (theft), 506(1) (legal intimidation), and 109 (abetting an offence) on Rajeshwaran’s criticism.
In the meantime, Rajeshwaran has been booked below sections 341 (wrongfully restraining somebody) and 294(b) (uttering obscene phrases) of the IPC. ThePrint has copies of each the FIRs at Avaniyapuram police station in Madurai.
Police sources, whereas speaking to ThePrint, claimed Rajeshwaran is a functionary of the Amma Makkal Munnettra Kazagam (AMMK), based by former AIADMK chief, T.T.V. Dhinakaran.
Based on the sources, Rajeshwaran was travelling from Singapore to Madurai by way of Chennai on 11 March, and was on the identical flight as EPS, who was on his option to Madurai to attend a celebration assembly in Sivaganga district.
Whereas on a shuttle bus from the plane to Madurai airport, Rajeshwaran, went stay on Fb with a video the place he could be seen alleging that he was travelling with the “image of betrayal”, accusing EPS of betraying V.Ok. Sasikala, a detailed aide of former CM J. Jayalalithaa, sources added.
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Within the video, now accessible on YouTube, Rajeshwaran may also be heard alleging that EPS acted in opposition to the individuals of southern Tamil Nadu when his authorities allotted 10.5 per cent reservation to the Vanniyar neighborhood, citing their excessive backwardness. Below the Particular Reservation Act of 2021, the then AIADMK authorities had allotted the Vanniyar neighborhood the quota out of the overall 20 per cent reservation for Most Backward Courses (MBC) within the state.
Coming simply forward of the 2021 state meeting elections, the Invoice was seen as a technique to appease the Pattali Makkal Katchi (PMK), a celebration representing the Vanniyars, to make sure its continuity within the AIADMK-led alliance. The Invoice was later scrapped by the Supreme Courtroom in April 2022.
The video involves a cease as a member of EPS’s private safety is seen snatching the telephone. The telephone was later handed over to the airport officers, mentioned sources within the police.
However one other video that has now gone viral on social media exhibits the passenger being roughed up, allegedly by AIADMK employees ready on the airport to obtain EPS.
Airport officers intervened and took Rajeshwaran into custody for inflicting a ruckus on the airport, however let him off after a preliminary inquiry, sources added.
Based mostly on a criticism filed by Rajeshwaran on the , a case has been registered in opposition to 5 individuals together with EPS, and AIADMK MLA P.R. Senthilnathan. The AIADMK criticism was filed on the similar police station.
(Edited by Smriti Sinha)
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