Madurai (South) MLA S. Saravanan on Saturday appeared before the Koovathur Police for examination pursuant to the complaint lodged by him against AIADMK interim general secretary V.K. Sasikala for illegally holding AIADMK MLAs in a resort.
Immediately after Ms. Sasikala was elected as Leader of the AIADMK Legislature Party on February 8, the MLAs were taken in buses to the Golden Bay Resort. A few days later, Mr. Saravanan claimed he had “escaped” from there and complained that he had been illegally confined by Sasikala and others.
Acting on his complaint, the Koovathur police registered a case against Ms. Sasikala and other unnamed individuals under Sections 342 (punishment for wrongful confinement), 343 (wrongful confinement for three or more days), 365 (kidnapping or abducting with intent secretly and wrongfully to confine person), 353 (assault or criminal force to deter a public servant from discharge of his duty) and 506(i) (criminal intimidation) of Indian Penal Code.
Following the registration of a case against Ms. Sasikala, the police went inside the resort and recorded statements of MLAs who were present there at the time.
