DHARMAPURI: Days after the arrest of six persons for alleged Naxal links, Krishnapuram police picked up a 21-year-old Dalit man of Natham Colony on the same charge in the wee hours of Monday. The second such arrest in the span of a week triggered tension and angry protests from residents, who thronged the collectorate seeking immediate release of the detenus. According to locals, over a hundred policemen in ten vans entered the village around 4 am and arrested K Thirupathi (21), a civil engineering student.
Though no weapon or explosive was found at the youth’s house, he was booked under the Indian Arms Act, Explosives Substances Act, 1908, and relevant sections of the IPC, sources said. According to sources, “Banned Naxalite literature of inflammatory nature and pamphlets supporting proscribed outfits were found at Thirupathi’s house. He had also received training from the Naxals.” Angered by the arrest, locals besieged the collectorate. But, they called off the protest after collector K Vivekanandan assured to look into their complaint. “We requested the collector to ensure that no raid was conducted during late hours and no innocent person was arrested. We withdrew the protest after the collector’s assurance,” a Natham Colony resident told Express. Meanwhile, residents threatened to surrender their ration and voter ID cards to the district administration, if the raids did not stop.
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