The Washermenpet police arrested the husband of a DMK councillor on charges of criminal intimidation and demanding money from street vendors.
Jagatheesan is the husband of Niranjana, the 51st DMK ward councillor of Chennai. DMK Councillor’s husband Jagadeesan has been extorting money from the street vendors of MC road in Chennai on a regular basis. The street vendors refused to pay the DMK councillor’s husband as he demanded more and more money. Jagadeesan, enraged by their response, attempted to evict them with the help of corporation officials.
Objecting to the blatant misuse of power by the DMK councillor’s husband, the street vendors besieged the corporation officials and staged a road roko.
They later filed a complaint with the old Washermanpet police, who investigated and arrested the DMK councillor’s husband Jagadeesan. He was lodged in jail after producing before the court.
According to one of the street vendors, “He kept on asking for’maamul’. We are ladies. How can we give him money?. we are daily workers. We will protest in front of the MLA office if we do not get justice in the issue.”
They also urged Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin to take action against his party’s cadres who commit atrocities on the streets while claiming to be from the ruling government.
It should be noted that DMK councillor Niranjana’s husband is a serial offender who was previously arrested on charges of intimidating police officers on duty in the Washermenpet station limits. On April 20, 2022, the police charged Jegadeesan and five others with unlawful assembly, uttering obscene words, criminal force to prevent a public servant from performing his duties, and criminal intimidation.
(With inputs from NewsJ)
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