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BJP TN Leader Ashvathaman Exposes VCK Leader Vanni Arasu’s Criminal Record

October 23, 2024
The Commune

In a heated exchange, Tamil Nadu BJP State Secretary Ashvathaman has responded strongly to personal attacks from VCK State Deputy General Secretary Vanni Arasu. In retaliation, Ashvathaman highlighted serious allegations against Arasu, including his involvement in a murder case, forgery, and attempted murder, by releasing a list of relevant crime facts.

In retaliation, Ashvathaman highlighted serious allegations against Arasu, including his involvement in a murder case, forgery, and attempted murder, by sharing details of court cases on his official X account on 22 October 2024. He stated, “VCK Vanni Arasu(@VanniKural) is a convicted murderer, who also got life imprisonment for murder. Two cases of attempted murder, one case of passport fraud, a total of five cases! Didn’t @thirumaofficial say there should be at least five heinous crime cases against cheetahs?! Vanniarasu is the true cadres who follows that!”

He furnished additional details of conviction and pending cases below:

Case Where Vanni Arasu Has Been Convicted

Serial Case No. 155/1998, heard by the Principal Sessions Court in Sriviliputhur, the applicable IPC sections were 148 and 302. The punishment imposed was life imprisonment, and the conviction date was 14 July 1999. An appeal was filed, with the details being Criminal Appeal (MD) No. 679/1999, dated 10 January 2008.

Cases Pending

  1. Serial FIR No. 1, registered as 1459/2008 at K.10, Koyambedu PS, Chennai, corresponds to Case No. sc 159/2019 VII, which was heard by the Additional Sessions Judge in Chennai. The applicable IPC sections for this case are 147, 148, 351, and sections r/w 3(1) of 324, 307 TNPPDL. Charges were framed on 25 March 2019, and no appeal has been filed.
  2. Serial FIR No. 2, registered as 1460/2008 at K.10, Koyambedu PS, Chennai, corresponds to Case No. sc 158/2019 VII, also heard by the Additional Sessions Judge in Chennai. The applicable IPC sections for this case are 147, 148, 149, 341, 324, 353, 332, 307, 506(ii), along with Section 120(b) of the Passport Act, r/w, 10(A) iv of the Unlawful Activities (Preventive) Act 1967. Charges were framed on 25 March 2019, and no appeal has been filed.
  3. Serial FIR No. 4, registered as 4/2007 at Chennai City Q Br, C.I.D Police, corresponds to Case No. cc 396/2012 23, heard by the Metropolitan Magistrate Court in Saidapet. The applicable IPC sections for this case are 143, 188, 448, and sections r/w 3 of TNPPDL, 341, 147, 436 Act. Charges were framed on 10 August 2016, and no appeal has been filed.
  4. Serial FIR No. 4, registered as 1128/2017 at Beerkan Karanai, Police Station Thomas Mount Chennai, corresponds to Case No. PRC 23/2018, heard by the J.M Court in Thambar. No charges were framed, and no appeal has been filed.

The dispute began when Vanni Arasu suggested that his party chief, Thirumavalavan, should be considered for the Chief Minister position. In response, Union Minister L. Murugan criticized Thirumavalavan, claiming he had no right to discuss social justice due to his previous legal actions against reservation benefits. Ashvathaman defended Murugan, questioning Thirumavalavan’s qualifications, which led to Arasu resorting to personal attacks.

In this regard, Durga Ashvathaman, the wife of Tamil Nadu BJP State Secretary A Ashvathaman, filed a complaint to the National Commission for Women, expressed her distress over the personal attacks, emphasizing the impact on her family’s reputation and calling for action against VCK’s Deputy General Secretary Vanni Arasu for spreading defamatory statements. She noted the challenges faced by her husband due to his political involvement and criticized VCK for resorting to personal attacks rather than engaging in ideological debates.

In her letter to the Chairperson of the National Commission for Women, Durga Ashvathaman requested action against Vanni Arasu, the State Deputy General Secretary of the Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Party (VCK), citing offenses such as personal attacks and the spreading of derogatory statements that undermine women’s dignity.

She stated, “l am a teacher. My husband Shri. A. Ashvathaman is an Advocate practising at Madras High Court and the State Secretary of the Bharatiya Janata Party, Tamil Nadu. He has many political enemies because of his active participation in politics. But no one makes a personal attack on him. There is a party in Tamil Nadu called the Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi (VCK) means Freedom Cheetahs Party. As the name of the party itself has a wild animal’s name, their activities are also like that. Since that party does not have an individual ideology, it resorts to ‘individual personal attacks’ on others.”

“Vanniarasu, who is the Deputy General Secretary of VCK, is deliberately spreading baseless and false allegations against me and my family. He says I have filed a Dowry Harassment Complaint against my husband and he says many other unprintable slanders. He continues to spread these disgusting false slanders on television and social media. He also posts our wedding photos on social media and posts defamatory comments on them. It is causing me great grief. These people, who do not dare to oppose my husband ideologically, are doing the dirty and despicable job of spreading slander about the family and the women in the house. My husband and I got married in 2014. We have two children. For the couples getting married in our circle, the elders would show me and my husband as an example and wish them to live like us. But, The above-mentioned person is spreading slander against us for his cheap political gains.” She added.

“My husband is doing many good things for people. He has done various public works like the Cuddalore Pondicherry Railway track, Ulundurpet Railway Stoppage, he fought and got justice for the worker who was killed in Cuddalore Cashew Mill by DMK’s Ex-MP TRV Ramesh, So he continues to work despite various threats. He filed a complaint against VCK’s leader Thirumavalavan in the Manu Smriti issue and an FIR has been filed based on his complaint. Last month in Bhuvanagiri, near Chidambaram, an innocent family who had come from Karaikal for the treatment of their daughter’s stroke, was victimized by VCK’s goondas. My husband continued to raise his voice for them and he made Tamilnadu police to file an FIR against VCK goondas. The family came to meet my husband and thanked him. Now, unable to tolerate this matter, the above-mentioned Vanniarasu has again started spreading his slanders (https://x.com/Vannikural/status/1848401051449495958). | came to know that there are many cases against the above-mentioned person including murder attempt murder passport forgery. So, the above-mentioned person Vanniarasu is a habitual offender,” she added.

“If such despicable acts are allowed, it will become their routine to try to stop the people in public life, by those cheap tricks like ‘focusing on the women of their family and spreading slander’. Therefore, | request you to take appropriate action against that person, Vanniarasu, for spreading unnecessary and false derogatory defamations against me and my family,” she finally said.

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