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Wednesday, May 19, 2004

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DPI activists arrested

CUDDALORE May 18. About 90 activists of the Dalit Panthers of India staged a road roko here today urging the police to arrest the Panruti MLA, T. Velmurugan. The DPI State general secretary, Viduthalai Nambi, led the agitation, and the police arrested all of them.

The DPI men said the MLA along with certain other persons were charged with ``attempt to murder'' following incidents of arson bid at Rani Colony and Sedapalayam recently. They said that though the first information report had been filed, the MLA was still at large. They urged the police to arrest him immediately.

Ravichandran testifies

By Our Staff Reporter

SIVAKASI MAY 18. The Sivakasi Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (MDMK) MP-elect, `Sippiparai' A. Ravichandran, today testified before the Sivakasi RDO, A. Sivagnanam, in connection with an altercation he had with the Minister for Sports and Youth Welfare, Inbathamizhan, on May 10.

Mr. Ravichandran testified for nearly 30 minutes. Twentyfive others also testified.

The Virudhunagar District Collector, A. Mohamed Aslam, had ordered for an RDO enquiry into the incident. The enquiry will go on till May 21.

Charge sheet given

By Our Staff Reporter

ERODE MAY 18. Jayaraman, chief judicial magistrate here, today presented charge sheets to the former DMK Minister, N.K.K. Periyasamy; his sons N.K.K.P. Sathiyan and N.K.K.P. Raja, and wife Parimaladevi Raja in a disproportionate wealth case registered by the Directorate of Vigilance and Anti-Corruption Police. The magistrate ordered them to appear before him on May 21.

CB-CID probe sought

CHENNAI May 18. The brother of a person, who was murdered, has moved the Madras High Court seeking an investigation by the Crime Branch CID.

The body of the deceased, Prathap, was recovered from a paddy field in the Manimangalam police limits, off Tambaram, last week. In his petition, Amitabh, brother of Prathap, said the latter was married to Rosalyn alias Selva Arasi. It said Prathap was kidnapped from his home at Selaiyur in mid-April and the girl's father was behind the kidnap. Later Prathap as well as Rosalyn had filed complaints with the police, but action had not been taken to trace him. Prathap had also filed a habeas corpus petition but there was no progress in the case. On May 14, Rosalyn lodged a complaint with the City Police Commissioner. The next day, the Selaiyur police showed to the petitioner photographs of a deceased person, which was identified as that of Prathap. The facts following the kidnapping and the lack of action by the police resulted in the murder, the petitioner contended.

Fatal fall into `fire kundam'

By Our Staff Reporter

NAGAPATTINAM MAY 18. A two-year-old male child succumbed to burns after falling into the `fire kundam' at the `Theemidhi' festival at the Drowpathi Amman temple at Thirumullaivasal near Sirkazhi in Nagapattinam district yesterday. Police sources said Kaliappan, a fisherman of Thirumullaivasal, while performing `fire walking' on the `kundam' to fulfil his vow carrying his son Chiranjeevi, accidentally fell into the kundam. Both were admitted to a private medical college hospital at Chidambaram where the child died. Kaliappan is in a critical condition.

NMR services resume

By Our Staff Reporter

Udhagamandalam May 18. Train services on the Nilgiris Mountain Railway (NMR) line between Udhagamandalam and Mettupalayam resumed today. Following landslips on the track between Coonoor and Kallar, the services had remained disrupted for about a fortnight. A `summer special' also started running.

Student drowned

By Our Staff Reporter

Tirunelveli May 18. The body of an engineering student, who was drowned in the river near Papanasam dam, was recovered this morning. The police said Krishna Prakash (23) of Mettupalayam had come here on Monday with his friends on a tour. After visiting Papanasam dam and Paanatheertham, they took bath in the river near the dam, where Krishna Prakash was drowned.

The body was sent to the Ambasamudhram Government Hospital for post-mortem.

Jail warder arrested

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Tirunelveli May 18. The police have arrested a warder of the Palayamkottai Central Prison on charges of creating commotion in the jail in an inebriated condition. He has been remanded to custody.

The police said K. Ananthan (36) of Kakkan Nagar reported for duty last evening in an inebriated condition. When the chief warder, Dharmalingam, enquired about it Mr. Ananthan reportedly had a quarrel with his chief.

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