The recent apprehension of a DMK district councilor in Villupuram has sparked considerable commotion in the locality. The councilor’s arrest stemmed from an altercation involving Shanti, the Village Administrative Officer of Mugaiyur, Villupuram District.
During the 2024 parliamentary election voting on 19th April 2024, Shanti provided food to officials on duty at the polling station overnight. Allegedly, the DMK district councilor, Rajiv Gandhi, physically assaulted Shanti and verbally abused her, accusing her of taking the food he had purchased. Witnesses reported that later that evening, in an inebriated state, Rajiv Gandhi returned to the polling station, assaulted Shanti again, dragging her by her hair and kicking her in the stomach. This caused Shanti to faint from the pain, necessitating her admission to Villupuram Government Medical College Hospital. Following Shanti’s complaint, the police initiated an investigation and subsequently arrested Rajiv Gandhi, absconded evading authorities.
Upon investigation, it was revealed that both Rajiv Gandhi and Shanti had purchased food from the same restaurant on the day of the polling. Rajiv Gandhi mistakenly believed that Shanti had misappropriated the food intended for him and the officials, leading to the altercation.
Additionally, it came to light that Rajiv Gandhi had previously filed a complaint against Shanti alleging electoral malpractice, which Shanti vehemently denied. The police investigation uncovered that this previous dispute likely fueled Rajiv Gandhi’s attack on Shanti, indicating a pre-existing animosity between them.
விழுப்புரம் மாவட்டம் காணையில் மது போதையில் பெண் VAO வை தாக்கிய திராவிடியா குடிகாரன் கைது😤😠 pic.twitter.com/bRPRjIzSAe
— நாட்டாமை ⚖️(மோடியின் குடும்பம்💪✍️) (@Agmarksanghi) April 26, 2024
In this context, the President of the Tamil Nadu BJP, K Annamalai, has expressed condemnation towards the issue and urged for a stern action against the DMK official through his official X handle, “In Villupuram district, on 19th April the last day of parliamentary elections, DMK official Rajiv Gandhi brutally assaulted the female village administration officer, sister Mrs. Shanti by slapping her on the cheek and kicking her in the stomach. Strongly reprehensible.
During the parliamentary election campaign, DMK executive Rajiv Gandhi has carried out such cruel attack as a result of refusing to file a false complaint against the Pattali Makkal Katchi brothers allegedly violating the election campaign rules. Chief Minister Stalin, who went on street-to-street apologizing before coming to power, but did not reprimand his party men even in the slightest rebuke after coming to power, which is responsible for DMK’s continuous anarchy against government officials, especially women officials. It seems that the police have arrested DMK executive Rajiv Gandhi who kicked and assaulted a female village officer. I urge you to take appropriate action against him.”
விழுப்புரம் மாவட்டத்தில், கடந்த ஏப்ரல் 19 நாடாளுமன்றத் தேர்தல் நாளன்று, திமுக நிர்வாகி ராஜீவ் காந்தி என்ற நபர், பெண் கிராம நிர்வாக அலுவலர், சகோதரி திருமதி சாந்தி அவர்களை, கன்னத்தில் அறைந்தும், வயிற்றில் எட்டி உதைத்தும் கொடூரமாகத் தாக்குதல் நடத்தியுள்ளது மிருகத்தனமானது. வன்மையாகக்…
— K.Annamalai (மோடியின் குடும்பம்) (@annamalai_k) April 26, 2024
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