Karunanidhi arrest – Ramanisblog

On 30 June 2001, Karunanidhi, Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, was arrested along with Central Ministers Murasoli Maran andT.R. Baalu.

I was in Chennai then.

Early morning , I heard a loud wailing from my neighbor’s house, with shout’,

‘They are killing me’

I rushed out fearing the worst, only to find,

Karunanidhi weeping and shouting like a man possessed and insane on SUN TV.

This was the drama he was enacting on his arrest.

The vent was filmed in such a fashion as if it was scripted.

Karunanidhi and Co were shouting that the Police were arresting them without prior intimation.

If it is true, how come the Crew of SUN Network was in full force and filming the whole event from vantage points?

My posting of this instance is that a New unpublished Video of the incident.

One can see how a Union Minister in the Central Government Behaves with a Police Officer.

The only polite word used by a Lady was , where is the warrant?’

You may be see rowdy behavior all around.

Finally exasperated, the Police gave back.

The Unpublished Video Click this Link.

Background.

On 30 June 2001, Karunanidhi, Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, was arrested along with Central Ministers Murasoli Maran andT.R. Baalu. This event marked the first incident in the history of Independent India that a Central Cabinet Minister was arrested. The incident began when the seventy-eight-year-old former Chief Minister was taken from his residence. Within hours, images of the arrest were broadcast on Sun TV and other network stations.^[1] Footage shown on Sun TV saw him continuously resist arrest….

Reports indicate that at 1:30 am on 30 June, Karunanidhi was asleep in the upstairs bedroom of his home when the police broke open the door and asked Karunanidhi to get dressed. The police cut the telephone lines to the house. A television clip showed Karunanidhi falling down and being shoved, pushed, beaten and lifted by police officers in the house. Murasoli Maran, who went to rescue him, was also attacked and arrested when he resisted the arrest of the ex-chief minister. Maran, who was sick from his heart with apacemaker, was admitted to Apollo Hospital after his arrest.^[4] T.R.Balu and thousands of DMK cadres were arrested. M.K.Stalin surrendered before a Magistrate.^[5] Prime MinisterVajpayee condemned the arrest and demanded a report from chief secretary and Governor.^[6]^[7] The arrest was condemned by many groups across the political spectrum^[8]including both human rights groups and the Indian National Congress, otherwise known as a political ally of the AIADMK.