Sasikala, her supporters booked for issuing death threat to ex-Minister

Chennai: Former interim general secretary of AIADMK V K Sasikala and 500 others have been booked for issuing death threats to former Minister and AIADMK's Villupuram district secretary, C V Shanmugam.

Roshanai police in Villupuram district of Tamil Nadu registered the case against Sasikala and others on Shanmughan's complaint who alleged that several known and unknown people had issued death threats against him at Sasikala's behest.

The former Minister alleged that he had received several death threats and also abuses over the telephone after he issued a press statement against Sasikala that she would never be allowed entry into the AIADMK.

C.Ve. Shanmugham had in his complaint stated that he had received more than 500 calls on his mobile phone and most of them were death threats.

The police have registered cases under Sections 506(1) (criminal intimidation), 507 (criminal intimidation by an anonymous communication), 109 (punishment for abetment) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and under various sections of the Information Technology Act, 2000.

Shanmugham has been at the forefront of the political opposition to Sasikala accusing her of trying to take over AIADMK through backdoor means and by trying to create confusion in the party using disgruntled elements.