Ex-AIADMK man intimidates party member’s wife, arrested

COIMBATORE: Former AIADMK IT wing functionary R Arunprasath was arrested on Thursday night for intimidating the wife of a party member in the district.
Arunprasath is also accused of spreading false information that former minister Udumalai K Radhakrishnan was sacked from the party for anti-party activities.
A resident of Gomangalampudur near Pollachi, 28-year-old Arunprasath was the deputy secretary of the AIADMK IT wing for Pollachi south unit.AIADMK coordinator O Panneerselvam and co-coordinator Edappadi K Palaniswami had expelled him from the party for anti-party activities on November 14.
A police officer said Arunprasath had verbally abused 34-year-old Thenmozhi, wife of AIADMK Gomangalam branch secretary Sivakumar, at her house on Wednesday (Dec 1) night, as he thought he was expelled from the party after Sivakumar furnished false information to the party headquarters against him. “He also threatened her of dire consequences.”
Based on Thenmozhi’s complaint, the Gomangalam police registered a case against Arunprasath under sections 294(b), 354, 509 and 506(II) of the Indian Penal Code and arrested him on Thursday night. He was later produced before a judicial magistrate, who remanded him in judicial custody.
Former AIADMK minister Udumalai K Radhakrishnan had, meanwhile, petitioned the Tirupur rural police on Thursday, stating Arunprasath had forged the party’s letterhead and circulated a fake message that he (Radhakrishnan) was expelled from the party. “Arunprasath has circulated messages against the former minister on social media also. Radhakrishnan has sought police action against him,” another police source told TOI.