Former Minister and AIADMK leader D. Jayakumar was on Monday night arrested by the Chennai police on charges of assaulting a DMK party man, forcing him to remove his shirt and parading him in public during the civic elections held on Saturday. A posse of senior police officers led by Deputy Commissioner of Police E.Sundaravathanam entered Mr. Jayakumar’s house in Pattinampakkam and arrested him amid heated arguments and opposition from his family members.
The Tondiarpet Police also booked over 40 cadre of the AIADMK, including Mr. Jayakumar for staging a road roko following a clash between them and the DMK cadre on Saturday over an allegation of booth capture by the latter.
In a video, the former Minister was seen directing Naresh, a DMK cadre, accused of attempting to cast bogus votes, to remove his shirt. The AIADMK cadre then tied Naresh’s hands using the shirt and paraded him in public before handing him over to the police. Later, Mr. Jayakumar and others resorted to a road roko at the junction between GA Road and East Kalmandapam Road demanding action against the DMK cadre.
