Annur row: police arrest former VAO, village assistant
The Hindu
The two were let off on station bail
The Annur Police on Thursday arrested the former Ottarpalayam village administrative officer (VAO) and former village assistant (VA) on charges of attacking a farmer, after over two weeks since the video clips of the altercation went viral. According to the police, former VAO V. Kalaiselvi and village assistant P. Muthusamy were arrested on Thursday evening and were let off on station bail. Based on a complaint from farmer K. Gopalsamy, the two were booked under Sections 294(b) (Uttering obscenities), 323 (Punishment for voluntarily causing hurt) read with 109 (Punishment of abetment if the act abetted is committed in consequence) of the Indian Penal Code.
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