(UTV|COLOMBO) – Two members of a fringe India’s Tamil Nationalist Party were arrested on Tuesday (27) for putting up banners with slain LTTE (Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam) Chief Velupillai Prabhakaran’s photos at Mehul Circle at Mulund’s New Junction. Mathiyajagan Sundaram (33) and Palanivel Ravindra (24) have been booked for defacing public property, the Times of India reported.
Sources said the members of Naam Tamilar Katchi, led by Film Director-turned-politician Seeman, erected the banners for Prabhakaran’s 64th birth anniversary, on Monday.
After locals alerted Mulund Police about the banners, they removed them and registered a case against unknown persons. “We booked them under the Maharashtra Prevention of Defacement of Property Act. On Tuesday, we identified two men involved in putting up the banners and arrested them. Both will be produced in Court on Wednesday,” said Sripad Kale, Senior Inspector, Mulund Police.
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