The police have registered a case against eight AIADMK MLAs, including S.P. Velumani, in connection with the protest they staged along with supporters in Coimbatore on Monday to condemn the arrest of former Minister D. Jayakumar.
The Race Course police booked Mr. Velumani, MLAs Amman K. Arjunan, A.K. Selvaraj, P.R.G. Arun Kumar, S. Damodaran, Pollachi V. Jayaraman, Amul Kandasamy and V.P. Kandasamy, ex-MLA O.K. Chinnaraj and others.
They staged a protest on Huzur Road in front of Coimbatore south taluk office on Monday morning.