28 arrested for staging black flag protest against L. Murugan

Twenty-eight members of Aathi Thamizhar Peravai (ATP), a Dalit organisation, were removed by the police at Dharapuram here on Tuesday for allegedly attempting to stage a black flag protest against Uni

Twenty-eight members of Aathi Thamizhar Peravai (ATP), a Dalit organisation, were removed by the police at Dharapuram here on Tuesday for allegedly attempting to stage a black flag protest against Union Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting L. Murugan. Mr. Murugan continued his ‘Makkal Aasi Yatra’ in Tiruppur district on Tuesday. According to the police, the ATP members were preparing to show black flags to Mr. Murugan near the Dharapuram Bus Terminus alleging that he made derogatory remarks against DMK government at a meeting in Coimbatore on Monday. This led to a verbal altercation between the ATP members and the BJP cadre. Following this, the Dharapuram police removed 28 ATP members. They were detained in a wedding hall and released in the evening, the police said.