1. Periyar University V-C arrested as he refused to appoint Registrar of government’s choice: Annamalai
BJP state president K. Annamalai, at Salem, claimed that Periyar University Vice-Chancellor (V-C) R. Jagannathan was arrested for refusing to appoint a Registrar proposed by the then Higher Education Minister K. Ponmudy.
The Salem police, however, said he was arrested on charges including cheating, criminal conspiracy and under the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, on a complaint that he had started a private company without permission from the government and abusing the complainant, who belonged to the SC community.