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Cemetery demolish incident: 8 Indu Makkal Katchi cadres booked under NSA

The Tirunelveli police have charged 8 members belonging to the Indu Makkal Katchi under the National Security Act for demolishing the cemetery built by the local Church right in front of the Manimoortheeswaram Uchishta Ganapathy Temple.

The cemetery built by the local Church right in front of the Manimoortheeswaram Uchistha Ganapathy temple, was demolished on the night of October 17 by members of the Indu Makkal Katchi after repeated pleas by the locals and Hindu organizations to Tamil Nadu Hindu Religious & Charitable Endowments board and the district administration made no progress.

Following this, Christian pastors and the political parties had met the Tirunelveli District Collector Mrs. Shilpa Prabhakar Satish IAS  asking for charging the IMK members under the National Security Act.

The police have arrested eight people and have been lodged at Nanguneri sub-jail. One has got anticipatory bail while a search is on for another member.

The Tirunelveli police commissioner Deepak M Damoor upon the recommendations of Deputy Commissioner of law and order S Saravanan passed orders to charged the 8 members under NSA.

 

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