This Article is From Jun 01, 2012

Ex-army man arrested for grabbing former minister's shirt

Madurai: Former DMK Minister KKSSR Ramachandran had a scare when an ex-serviceman grabbed him by the shirt and yelled at him while he was returning after participating in a demonstration.

Police said that the man, who had some psychological problem, had grabbed Ramachandran's shirt when he was returning to his car after participating in a DMK organised demonstration against the petrol price hike.

The ex-serviceman was later arrested on a complaint lodged by DMK town secretary SR Dhanapalan,

Meanwhile, the ex-serviceman's wife lodged a police complaint alleging that DMK cadres had beaten up her husband who had gone there to attend the DMK demonstration.

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