Police Detains Pro-Tamil Activist for Throwing Slipper at Ex-NSA

TN police has detained one person in the incident that took place during an event organised for Sri Lankan refugees.

Former NSA MK Narayanan with Special Representative on the Boundary Question of the People’s Republic of China, Dai Bingguo in New Delhi on March 11, 2006. (Photo Courtesy: PIB)

A pro-Tamil activist threw a slipper at former National Security Adviser (NSA), MK Narayanan, in Chennai on Wednesday.

Tamil Nadu police has detained one person in the incident that took place during an event organised for Sri Lankan refugees, reports The Hindu.

According to a report by The Times of India, the man was identified as Prabhakar, 35, of Pudukottai, Tamil Nadu.

Prabhakar is suspected to be a member of an organisation established in reaction to the killing of LTTE chief Prabhakaran in 2009, May-17 Iyakkam, according to the report.

Recently, pro-Tamil folk singer Kovan was also detained and slapped with sedition charges for singing against Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa.

The human rights organisation, Amnesty International, demanded the release of the singer who has challenged Jayalalithaa.