Bharatiya Janata Party’s state working committee member R Kalyanaraman (54) has been detained beneath the Goondas Act following an order by. Coimbatore collector Ok Rajamani. The order issued Thursday learn that the BJP chief had been discovered indulging in actions prejudicial to the upkeep of public order and peace.
Kalyanaraman, a resident of Mannadi in Chennai, took half in a public rally at Mettupalayam close to Coimbatore on January 30. While addressing the gathering, Kalyanaraman made derogatory references to Islam. The Mettupalayam police booked Kalyanaraman and two others beneath varied sections of IP together with 147 (rioting), 149 (illegal meeting), 153 (A) (wantonly giving provocation with intent to trigger riot) 504 (Intentional insult to public peace), 506 (2) (prison intimidation). He was remanded to judicial custody.
On Wednesday, the Coimbatore district Principal district and Sessions Judge R Sakthivel rejected Kalyanaraman’s bail plea.
The accused who’s at the moment lodged in Gobitchettipayalam sub-jail will likely be shifted to Coimbatore Central Prison.
