BJP man held for FB post on Periyar

Coimbatore: The rural police arrested a BJP functionary on Friday for posting a derogatory message against Periyar EV Ramasamy on his Facebook page.
The accused, N Nandakumar, 32, from Kunniyur near Annur, was booked under IPC sections 153 (A), 295 (A) and 505 (ii).
Nandakumar allegedly posted a derogatory comment against ‘Periyar’ on his Facebook page on July 19. Following this, Thanthai Periyar Dravidar Kazhagam (TPDK) functionary Gopalakrishnan, 28, from Nallichettipalayam lodged a complaint with Annur police and demanded stringent action against Nandakumar. A case was registered against Nandakumar on July 21 but no action was taken
TPDK members staged a protest near the district police office a few days ago and demanded that Nandakumar be arrested. The police zeroed in on Nandakumar on Friday.
He was remanded to judicial custody till August 14 and is currently lodged at the Sathyamangalam sub-jail.