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Tamil Nadu BJP state secretary SG Surya was arrested by the Madurai district cyber crime police in Chennai last night. He was arrested in connection with his recent tweet on Madurai MP Su Venkatesan: Police officials.
Tamil Nadu BJP State Secretary SG Suryah was arrested on the intervening night of 16 and 17 June 2023. He has reportedly been arrested under non-bailable sections.
The reasons for the arrest are not yet clear.
However, sources close to SG Suryah say that he was arrested for giving a statement against Madurai Communist Party of India (Marxist) MP Su Venkatesan over the death of a hygiene worker who was allegedly forced to clean a faeces-filled drain by a Communist councillor.
In a scathing letter addressed to Madurai MP Su Venkatesan, BJP Tamil Nadu General Secretary SG Suryah had alleged that a hygiene worker died due to allergies in the body after a Communist party ward member named Viswanathan forced him to clean the manhole.
Suryah pointed out that Viswanathan’s alleged actions, accusing him of instructing a sanitation worker to enter a drain filled with feces, thereby endangering his health and well-being.
