SC/ST Act invoked against Coimbatore BJP president


A day after BJP Coimbatore president Balaji Uthamaramasamy was arrested for making derogatory remarks against social reformer Periyar E.V. Ramasamy and DMK Nilgiris MP A. Raja, the police on Thursday invoked a provision of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act against him.
A senior police officer said that Section 3, 1 (r) (intentionally insults or intimidates with intent to humiliate a member of a Scheduled Caste or a Scheduled Tribe in any place within public view) of SC/ST Act was added to the First Information Report filed against Mr. Uthamaramasamy as the speech he made during a protest organised by the Hindu Munnani in Coimbatore a few days ago had references attracting the provision.

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