Annamalai's move was deterred by the locals in Dharmapuri's Pappireddipatti and they went on to condemn the Modi regime over its flawed approach in handling the violence.
The Supreme Court has ruled that Senthil Balaji can remain a minister in the state and the verdict has given a blow to Tamil Nadu Governor RN Ravi, who dismissed the former from the cabinet in the wake of his imprisonment.
Elected from the Thirukoilur constituency in the 2021 assembly polls, Ponmudi had been serving as the Tamil Nadu Minister for Higher Education in MK Stalin's cabinet.
If Ponmudi fails to dismiss the sentence within thirty days, he would be pushed to serve incarceration, following which, he would become the second DMK Minister to be lodged in jail in the party's two-year rule.
The shocking incident has happened in Pulianthope in the outskirts of the city and after it triggered an outcry, the government reacted by suspending the staff behind that incident.
The arrested officer has been identified as Ankit Tiwari and he was arrested on the Dindigul - Madurai highway in Tamil Nadu after the officials seized Rs 20 lakh from his car.
ED has been under scrutiny for several months for being a lapdog of the Modi regime in targeting the opposition leaders and the dissenters of the government.
