Union Minister for Environment and Forests T.R. Baalutoday said that he was arrested by Chennai police early this morning ''withoutassigning any reason''.
''In spite of identifying me as the Union Minister,they did not care to produce the warrant of arrest and moreover they ill-treatedand assaulted me'', Baalu said in a statement, released to the press here.
Stating that he was arrested at the residence of UnionIndustries Minister Murasoli Maran, Baalu said ''when insisted for the reasonand warrant for the arrest, the local police inspector and other senior officerspushed me, pulled my hands, dragged and threw me into the police vehicle...'' Hesaid he needed medical treatment as he was having pain in the stock, leg andhip.
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BJP shocked:Meanwhile, Bharatiya Janata Party today expressed shock over the manner in whichDMK leader and former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M Karunanidhi was arrested bythe police at his residence.
"The Party condemns this inhuman behaviour of thepolice towards an aged and eminent political leader like Karunanidhi,"senior party leader J P Mathur said here.
He said the way in which police entered Karunanidhi'shouse and manhandling of the DMK leader is most abominable. (PTI)
