‘Karukka’ Vinoth, a history-sheeter who had thrown two petrol bombs near the gate of the Raj Bhavan in Chennai last month, has been detained under the Goondas Act.
Chennai Police Commissioner Sandeep Rai Rathore has issued orders detaining him under the stringent provisions of this Act, which makes bail harder to obtain.
On the afternoon October 25, 2023, Vinoth walked towards the Raj Bhavan, the official residence of the Tamil Nadu Governor, and lobbed two Molotov cocktails at the building. Police personnel on duty there nabbed him quickly and remanded him to judicial custody, after he was produced before a magistrate that day.
Vinoth, who is 42, of SM Nagar in Teynampet has a record of being involved in 14 offences, which include hurling petrol bombs at the BJP headquarters Kamalalayam, in T. Nagar last year, police said.
