BSP leader held for 2008 clash in city law college
The police on Sunday arrested Bahujan Samaj Party state president K Armstrong, following a direction from the Supreme Court on Friday, for the November 2008 students’ clash at the Dr Ambedkar Government Law College in Chennai.
Armstrong, who had contested the recently-held Assembly election from Kolathur, was arrested from a hotel in Purasaiwalkam on charges of instigation and produced before a judicial magistrate in Saidapet. The court, however, asked the police to produce at a George Town Court on Monday morning.
A special team earlier had found him at the hotel after a day-long search. “Initially, he did not cooperate with us. Then, after we showed him the arrest warrant he relented,” a senior police officer said.
The Madras high court had on Saturday granted anticipatory bail to advocate S Rajinikanth, another person mentioned in the Supreme Court order in the case relating to the students’ clash at the Dr Ambedkar Government Law College.
Justice T Sudanthiram granted the relief to Rajinikanth at a special sitting at his residence. He said the advocate should furnish an own bond for 10,000 with one surety and should appear before the police as and when required. Armstrong had also filed an advance bail petition, which was dismissed as withdrawn.
The anticipatory bail applications came in the wake of the Supreme Court on Friday directing the Tamil Nadu Director-General of Police to file an affidavit explaining why the accused mentioned in the charge sheet as “absconding” were not arrested.
On November 12, 2008, a group of students armed with deadly weapons attacked another group in full public view, leaving four persons seriously injured. An altercation over the printing of a pamphlet to mark the Thevar Jayanthi celebrations on October 30 had led to the clash, according to sources.
The students who were involved in the clash had also demanded the arrest of BSP leader Armstrong, who they alleged, had instigated the violence.
Armstrong, who had contested the recently-held Assembly election from Kolathur, was arrested from a hotel in Purasaiwalkam on charges of instigation and produced before a judicial magistrate in Saidapet. The court, however, asked the police to produce at a George Town Court on Monday morning.
A special team earlier had found him at the hotel after a day-long search. “Initially, he did not cooperate with us. Then, after we showed him the arrest warrant he relented,” a senior police officer said.
The Madras high court had on Saturday granted anticipatory bail to advocate S Rajinikanth, another person mentioned in the Supreme Court order in the case relating to the students’ clash at the Dr Ambedkar Government Law College.
Justice T Sudanthiram granted the relief to Rajinikanth at a special sitting at his residence. He said the advocate should furnish an own bond for 10,000 with one surety and should appear before the police as and when required. Armstrong had also filed an advance bail petition, which was dismissed as withdrawn.
The anticipatory bail applications came in the wake of the Supreme Court on Friday directing the Tamil Nadu Director-General of Police to file an affidavit explaining why the accused mentioned in the charge sheet as “absconding” were not arrested.
On November 12, 2008, a group of students armed with deadly weapons attacked another group in full public view, leaving four persons seriously injured. An altercation over the printing of a pamphlet to mark the Thevar Jayanthi celebrations on October 30 had led to the clash, according to sources.
The students who were involved in the clash had also demanded the arrest of BSP leader Armstrong, who they alleged, had instigated the violence.
Source: The Hindu Dt 02.05.2011
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