Tension prevailed at Periya Manali, as shops were shut in support of a traders association president and 22 persons were arrested as a preventive measure on Thursday, following a recent brawl between the president and two Scheduled Caste schoolboys.
According to the police, Thangamani (56) of Periya Manali, near Vaiyappamalai in Namakkal district, is the president of the Periya Manali traders association and an AIADMK party cadre.
In the evening of September 16, a quarrel broke out between Mr. Thangamani and a truck driver when the driver did not give space for Mr. Thangamani’s car to pass through the road.
