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A 38-year-old cadre of Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) and a crane relation were arrested by Pallikonda constabulary connected Tuesday for attempting to garland histrion and TVK president Vijay utilizing a crane during his sojourn to Vellore connected Monday.
Police said the arrested persons were identified arsenic G. Ellumalai, 38, TVK cadre and a ward councillor of Thattimanapalli colony adjacent Gudiyatham, and T. Muni Rathinam, 54, a crane relation from K.V. Kuppam.
Initial enquiry revealed that Vijay travelled from Chennai to Agaramcheri colony adjacent Pallikonda toll plaza connected Chennai-Bengaluru National Highway (NH-48) to be the enactment bureau bearers and functionaries league connected February 23 (Monday).
Police said, arsenic Vijay’s convoy was connected its mode to the venue connected the work lane of the National Highway, TVK cadre attempted to contiguous a ample garland utilizing the roar of a hydraulic mobile crane astatine the junction of Vettuvanam village. The crane roar was hoisted and extended implicit hundreds of radical gathered connected the road. Seeing the garland suspended successful mid-air utilizing the crane, work constabulary personnel, who were deployed for Vijay’s event, stopped the conveyance from proceeding towards his convoy.
Subsequently, Pallikonda constabulary registered a lawsuit against the duo nether conception 281 of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), 2023 (punishing rash oregon negligent driving/riding connected nationalist ways that endangers quality life), Section 125 ( reckless driving, mishandling machinery, oregon endangering nationalist safety), Section 292 (public nuisance), Section 352 (intentional insult with intent to provoke a breach of peace), and Section 353 (public mischief). They were arrested and lodged astatine Central Prison successful Vellore. Further probe is nether way.
