Former Union Minister M.Okay. Alagiri. File {photograph}
A Madurai court docket on Friday acquitted former Union Minister M. Okay. Alagiri within the case of the assault of a income official in the course of the 2011 meeting elections in Melur in Madurai district. Judicial Justice of the Peace I, B. Muthulakshmi acquitted Mr. Alagiri and 16 others.
A complete of 21 individuals have been named as accused individuals within the assault case; of those 4 died in the course of the pendency of the trial within the case. Mr. Alagiri and different DMK functionaries have been booked and charge-sheeted for the assault of then Tahsildar M. Kalimuthu, who was additionally the Assistant Returning Officer for the Melur Meeting constituency, in the course of the 2011 State Meeting elections.
Mr. Alagiri, alongside together with his supporters, reportedly gathered at a temple close to Melur in Madurai district and sought assist for the DMK candidate. On receiving this data, the Tahsildar, alongside together with his videographer, reached the spot and began to videograph the occasion. The DMK cadre reportedly objected to this and allegedly assaulted the Tahsildar. Mr. Alagiri and his supporters had been booked beneath varied sections of the Indian Penal Code.
Mr. Alagiri, who’s T.N. CM M.Okay. Stalin’s older brother, was expelled from the DMK for anti-party actions in 2014.
