Coimbatore: Hindu Munnani worker damages youth wing member's car, arrested

COIMBATORE: A Hindu Munnani cadre and his friend were arrested on Tuesday afternoon for damaging the windshield of a car belonging to a functionary of Hindu Youth Front at Mettupalayam in the early hours of the day over a previous enmity. It is to be noted that the Hindu Youth Front is the youth wing of the Hindu Munnani.
Earlier in the day, state Hindu Munnani president Kadeswara C Subramaniam, who visited the spot and held discussions with the outfit functionaries, had said the law and order situation was deteriorating in Tamil Nadu day by day and accused the DMK government of supporting extremists.
The arrest of Hindu Munnani cadre Tamilselvan, 24, and his friend Hariharan, 25, both residents of Mettupalayam, came shortly after Subramaniam addressed the media. The Mettupalayam police said the car belonged to Harish, 21, the west urban president of Hindu Youth Front, Mettupalayam.
"He is residing on the first floor of a rental house at Kamaraj Nagar along with his family members. The car was parked on the roadside. When Harish and his family members were asleep on Monday night, unidentified people damaged the windshield of the car. During inquiry, Harish said the miscreants had also hurled stones at his residence," the officer said.
On Tuesday, Harish lodged a complaint with the Mettupalayam police, who registered a case and initiated an inquiry. Deputy inspector general of police MS Muthusamy, district superintendent of police V Badrinarayanan and deputy superintendent of police Balaji visited the spot.
Three special teams were also formed to probe the incident. The SP said they would take stringent action against the people involved in similar incidents. He said the rural police had deployed 1,400 police personnel and created 58 vehicle check points.