The visit and the protest may create tension in the city of Chidambaram, according to a police officer
The Kushboo actress and her followers were arrested by police on Tuesday as they headed towards Chidambaram to lead a protest against Viduthalai leader Chiruthaigal Katchi and Chidambaram Lok Sabha member Thol. Thirumavalavan for his recent comments against what he claimed Manusmriti said about women.
A senior police officer said that she and 20 other members of the BJP were taken into preventive custody because their visit and protest may create tension in the city of Chidambaram. They will be reserved under Section 151 (knowingly joining or continuing in an assembly of five or more after they have been ordered to disperse) of the IPC or Section 7 (1) (a) (with the intent to make any person refrains from doing or performing any act that said person has the right to perform or refraining from performing, obstructs or uses violence or intimidates said person) of the Criminal Law Amendment Law. The provisions will be decided later, police sources said.
A statement made by Thirumavalavan during a webinar in September became controversial last week, after a clipping went viral. He claimed that Manusmriti it should be prohibited as it treats women badly.
Ms. Kushboo, who recently jumped from Congress to the BJP, accused him of denigrating women, challenging him to find passages in the Manusmriti to support your position.
Members of the BJP showed their opposition to Mr. Thirumavalavan when he visited Kavunthapadi, Erode district, on Monday.
Meanwhile, the BJP planned to hold a protest Tuesday against Mr. Thirumavalavan in Chidambaram and other parts of the state. On Monday night, a group of VCK workers demanded permission from the Collector to carry out a counter-protest.
Sensing trouble, district officials and top police officers met and decided to deny permission to both.
In the morning hours, the Chengalpattu police stopped Ms. Kushboo on East Coast Road near Muttukadu and picked her up. Along with her, the BJP supporters were also taken into protective custody, police said.
BJP Vice President KTRagavan was also detained near Tindivanam, police added.
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