EPS, supporters booked for alleged manhandling at Madurai airport

Leader of Opposition withinside the Tamil Nadu legislative assembly, Edappadi Palaniswami (EPS) has been booked at the side of a collection of his supporters on Sunday for allegedly manhandling a passenger, who become taking a video of the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) leader calling him a “betrayer” on the Madurai airport, police stated.

The former leader minister has been booked primarily based totally on a grievance with the aid of using the stated passenger, named Rajeshwaran, withinside the Avaniyapuram police station in Madurai district. Besides EPS, the case become additionally filed in opposition to his private safety officer (PSO), AIADMK MLA, PR Senthilnathan and previous minister M Manikandan. Meanwhile, a counter grievance become filed with the aid of using AIADMK chief RB Udhayakumar withinside the equal police station in opposition to Rajeshwaran, police added.

Rajendran went stay on social media on Saturday with a video of him interior an airport bus wherein EPS and his safety had been visiting. Rajendran become heard announcing that he’s visiting with an “instance of a betrayer” and accused EPS of back-stabbing “Chinnamma” (V K Sasikala, ex-aide of former leader minister J Jayalalithaa).

Rajendran become additionally heard blaming EPS for giving 10.5% inner reservation for the Vanniyar network, which has incensed the Thevar network to which Sasikala and expelled AIADMK chief O Panneerselvam (OPS) belong to. While he`s speakme of the reservation, a person subsequent to EPS become visible snatching away Rajendran`s phone. Later, movies emerged of Rajendran being roughed up.

HT couldn’t confirm the authenticity of the movies. EPS has now no longer made any touch upon the issue. Police stated EPS has been booked beneathneath sections 341(wrongful restraint), 294 b (obscene words), 323 (voluntarily inflicting hurt), 506(1) (crook intimidation), and 109 (abets any offence) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC).