COIMBATORE: The Salem rural police arrested a Maoist sympathiser from Madurai for raising slogans against the Union government during the funeral ceremony of Maoist Manivasagam in 2019.
He was arrested and brought to Theevattipatti police station in Salem district on Friday.
The accused has been identified as R Suresh, 45, from Indira Nagar in Madurai.
He was accused number 11 for raising slogans against the union government during the funeral.
He was booked under sections 120 (B) (criminal conspiracy), 188 (disobedience to order duly promulgated by the public servant), 121 (waging or attempting to wage war or abetting waging of war against the Government of India), 121 A (conspiracy to commit offences punishable by section 121) of the Indian Penal Code and sections 10, 13, 15, 18 of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967. The case was registered by Theevattipatti police on January 18, 2020.
Suresh was produced before the Salem principal district judge court on Friday evening and he was remanded in judicial custody.
Thunderbolt police team from Kerala state police encountered four Maoists, including Manivasagam of Theevattipatti in Salem district, Karthi of Pudukkottai, Aravind and Rema at Manjikkandi in Palakkad district on October 28, 2019.
Their bodies were preserved at Thrissur Medical College Hospital. The body of Manivasagam was brought to Salem district in November for funeral.
The Madras high court granted bail for Manivasagam’s wife and sister, who were lodged in Trichy central prison to attend the final rites.
The court also ordered that those, who were going to attend the funeral, should not raise slogans against the government and should not violate the norms.
However, around 15 Maoist sympathisers raised slogans against the Union government.
Following the incident, Theevattipatti police registered a case against the 15 of them. So far, 11 sympathisers have been arrested and four are yet to be arrested.