The Odiansalai police have registered a case against independent legislator G. Nehru alias Kuppusamy, in connection with the protest he staged during an official event to mark World Environment Day at Kamban Kalaiarangam on Monday.
The police have invoked section 143 (punishment for unlawful assembly) and section 186 (obstructing government servant from discharging duty) of the Indian Penal Code against Mr. Nehru and 15 of his supporters.
As the event was under way on Monday, the legislator and his supporters stormed into the hall and voiced their displeasure against the style of functioning of Chief Secretary Rajeev Verma. Mr. Verma was present on the stage along with Chief Minister N. Rangasamy and Speaker R. Selvam.
Mr. Nehru accused the Chief Secretary of delaying Smart City projects in his Orleanpet constituency. He also threatened to launch an agitation against the official. Video footage of the incident surfaced after the programme showing the legislator jumping over one of the closed gates of Kamban Kalaiarangam before entering the hall.
Another case registered
The Grand Bazaar police have also registered another case against the legislator and three members of a Tamil outfit for staging an impromptu agitation near the Secretariat. The case was registered under sections 143, 283 read with 149 of the Indian Penal Code. The legislator and his supporters came to Kamban Kalaiarangam after creating a ruckus near the Secretariat on Monday morning, the police said.
Meanwhile, Inspector of Odiansalai A. Kannan has been suspended in connection with the incident at Kamban Kalaiarangam.
Though the order issued by Director General of Police Manoj Kumar Lal, did not refer to the incident for initiating disciplinary proceedings against the Inspector, police sources said that the Police department considered the barging into the venue of an official meeting by the legislator and his supporters as a security breach. The inspector was present near the podium when the ruckus happened.
The order said the department was contemplating disciplinary proceedings against the Inspector
