Vaiko sent to 15 days judicial custody in sedition case

April 03, 2017 15:11

Senior Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam leader V Gopalsamy, also known as Vaiko, who was produced before a magistrate court in Chennai in connection with a 2009 sedition case, has been sent to 15 days judicial custody.

A case under Sections 124-A and 153 of the IPC were filed against the MDMK leader by the Tamil Nadu police for his speech in which he had warned that India would not remain a united single country if the war against banned outift Liberation Tigers of Tamil Ealam in Sri Lanka was not stopped.

Vaiko has been a self-confessed supporter of LTTE chief V Prabhakaran and his idea of a separate homeland for Tamils and the Tamil Ealam. Prabhakaran founded a militant group called Tamil New Tigers in 1972 and the LTTE in 1976 and waged a prolonged war against the Sri Lankan army against the backdrop of the ethnic strife, involving majority Sinhalas and minority Tamils. He was killed in a military offensive in May 2009.

The LTTE, accused of assassinating former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi, has been outlawed in India since 1992.

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