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Another Vocal Netizen Arrested For Opposing Release Of 1998 Coimbatore Blast Terror Convicts

October 13, 2023
The Commune

The Tamil Nadu police have arrested yet another netizen for expressing his freedom of speech on social media. This time it is N Muthuramalingam of Dindigul, the State Propaganda Secretary of South India Forward Bloc.

While details are awaited, it is alleged that he was arrested by the police for expressing his views on Facebook on the release of the terrorists convicted in the 1998 Coimbatore serial blasts case. 

Muthuramalingam in his recent posts had severely criticized the Dravidian parties mooting to the release of 36 prisoners of Muslim community including those who have been convicted for life for the 1998 Coimbatore terror attack.

“Will the terrorist dogs who killed people with bombs get justice? How can people from Edappadi (Palaniswami) to Anbumani (PMK leader) without any conscience become advocates for the release of brutal criminals? You want to kill Advani, you want to kill Vajpayee, you won’t kill them directly but kill innocent people along with them. Why shoul we forgive you?“, he had written in one Facebook post.

In another Facebook post, he allegedly threaten to kill the convicts if they were freed.

He had also condemned the barbaric attacks carried out by Hamas terrorists on Israel.

Selva Kumar, Vice-President of the Tamil Nadu Bharatiya Janata Party Industrial Cell took to social media platform X to share the news of the arrest. He wrote, “The Dindigul District Police has arrested my dear friend N.Muthuramalingam (State Policy Propagation Secretary, South India Forward Bloc) who posted a Facebook page condemning the efforts being made in the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly to free the terrorists of the Coimbatore blasts. Is the Dravida model government to free the terrorist who blew up in Coimbatore and arrest those who tried to knock him down? Legal assistance to him is being done by Palani Kanakaraj (District President(of Dindigul West) and KC Thirumaran, Founder of South India Forward Bloc Party.”

Netizens called out the government for suppressing voices that speak against it. 

 

Just this year, several netizens were arrested for exercising their freedom of speech. Here is a list:

  • TN BJP Functionary Pravin Raj was arrested in the wee hours of 1 October 2023 for his posts targeting the ruling party and the Congress.
  • The Tamil Nadu police even went up to Noida to try to arrest journalist Abhijit Majumder for his article on Udhayanidhi Stalin’s eradicate Sanathana Dharma remarks. 
  • Critic of the DMK, Badri Seshadri, was arrested for his comments in an interview on a YouTube channel regarding the Manipur issue, during which he made remarks about the Chief Justice of India.
  • The Commune and its directors faced legal action for reporting on the confrontation between Podu Deekshitars of the Chidambaram Nataraja Temple and HR&CE officials.
  • Tamil Nadu BJP State Secretary SG Suryah was taken into custody under non-bailable sections for his comments regarding Madurai CPI-M MP Su Venkatesan concerning a sanitation worker’s tragic death during drain cleaning in Pennadam town, Cuddalore district.
  • An AIADMK IT wing member was apprehended under non-bailable sections for sharing a video meme that humorously referenced MK Stalin’s video statement on Senthilbalaji’s arrest. The meme did not contain derogatory content.
  • A Pro-BJP Twitter user was arrested for sharing an old article and allegedly misattributing DMK to an illegal liquor-producing gang in Tiruppur, following the recent hooch tragedy in Marakkanam.
  • A Pro-BJP Twitter user was arrested for sharing an old article and allegedly misattributing DMK to an illegal liquor-producing gang in Tiruppur, following the recent hooch tragedy in Marakkanam.
  • Vice President of Tamil Nadu BJP’s Industrial Cell, Selva Kumar, was arrested for criticizing DMK Minister Senthilbalaji.
  • The admin of Voice of Savukku Shankar X handle was arrested for a video meme targeting CM MK Stalin and DMK Minister PTR Palanivel Thiagarajan regarding the “eligible household” clause in the monthly assistance scheme for women.
  • The DMK government traveled to Gujarat to arrest BJP cadre John Ravi, who had made satirical social media posts about CM MK Stalin and his late father, Karunanidhi.

Several times, Dravidian stocks have called for the genocide of Brahmins and Hindus like their ideologue EV Ramasamy Naicker (Periyar) but no action has been taken against them. 

Here Rajiv Gandhi of the DMK writes that “if the Shudras had done what Periyar had advocated (genocide of Brahmins), then, today people like you would not have reached the stage of having to deal with justice, rights, education, employment and equality! At 3% you are still occupying quite a few places!”.

Here is another Dravidian stock whose post has been screenshot by another netizen where there is a call for the killing of a Hindu. 

There have been several instances wherein supporters of the ruling party have been observed openly criticising the Prime Minister and the Finance Minister, primarily due to her being a Brahmin and a Hindu. Despite such instances, the police or the legal authority has not taken substantial measures to make these individuals accountable for their actions.

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