TN Assembly polls | Activists held in Karur ahead of Union Home Minister’s visit
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The coordinator of the Tamil Nadu Environmental Protection Movement and other activists, who were planning a black flag demonstration, were taken into preventive custody
The police on Thursday took S. Mugilan, coordinator, Tamil Nadu Environmental Protection Movement, and a few others into preventive custody for planning to stage a black flag demonstration against Home Minister Amit Shah during his election visit to Karur. The police also detained Gunasekaran, general secretary of Samaaniya Makkal Katchi, hours before the arrival of the Mr. Shah to campaign in support of the Aravakurichi BJP candidate, K. Annamalai.More Related News
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