Court issues arrest warrant against Vijayakanth, wife

July 26, 2016 05:29 pm | Updated October 18, 2016 02:06 pm IST - Coimbatore

CHENNAI, 12/01/2014: DMDK leader Vijayakant and his wife Premalatha Vijayakant during the Pongal Festival celebrations at Party Office in Koyambedu, Chennai on Sunday. 
Photo: M_Vedhan.

CHENNAI, 12/01/2014: DMDK leader Vijayakant and his wife Premalatha Vijayakant during the Pongal Festival celebrations at Party Office in Koyambedu, Chennai on Sunday. Photo: M_Vedhan.

A court in nearby Tirupur on Tuesday issued arrest warrants against DMDK leader Vijayakanth and his wife Premalatha after they repeatedly failed to appear before it in a defamation case filed against them.

Principal District Judge Alamelu Natarajan ordered the arrest warrants against the two as they failed to appear before the court for the past three hearings and did not turn up on Tuesday also.

Public Prosecutor K.N. Subramaniam had filed the case against Mr. Vijayakanth and Ms. Premalatha for allegedly making defamatory remarks against Chief Minister Jayalalithaa at a public meeting in Palladam on November 6, 2015.

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