TVK man among two arrested for harassing a woman, party expels him

The Thiruthuraipoondi North Union Secretary of the Tamilaga Vettri Kazahgam (TVK), Anand alias Praveenkumar of Alathampadi, and different idiosyncratic person been arrested by the Tiruvarur Town Police for allegedly harassing a pistillate connected June 18.

According authoritative sources, the TVK enactment functionary and his friend, Ashok, allegedly misbehaved with a 27-year-old pistillate waiting for her begetter astatine the Tiruvarur New Bus Stand connected Wednesday night.

On being informed astir the crime, her begetter questioned the behaviour of Anand and Ashok. He seized the keys of Anand and Ashok’s motorcycles and went consecutive to the Tiruvarur Town Police and lodged a complaint.

Subsequently, the Tiruvarur Town Police made inquiries and booked Anand and Ashok nether Section 79 (insulting the modesty of a woman) of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita connected June 18.

The TVK Tiruvarur South District secretary, Bharathi, said Anand has been expelled from the enactment station and arsenic good arsenic the superior rank of the party.