Missing Congress functionary found dead in TN, police launch probe
Tirunelveli (Tamil Nadu), May 4: The half burnt body of a district Congress leader, who was missing for the past few days, was found here on Saturday, police said.
The body of KPK Jayakumar Dhanasingh was found at his farm, police said. The incident also comes in the wake of the victim claiming threat to his life recently. Dhanasingh's son had earlier filed a complaint with the police that his father was missing.
Dhanasingh was the head of Congress' Tirunelveli (East) unit.
Police said three special teams have been formed to crack the case.
Meanwhile, Tamil Nadu Congress Committee (TNCC) chief K Selvaperunthagai condoled the death of his party colleague and recalled his contributions to the party.
The opposition lashed out at the ruling DMK and the state police over the matter.
AIADMK general secretary and Leader of Opposition, Edappadi K Palaniswami, expressed shock over the matter and sympathised with the family of the deceased.
The incident involving the leader of a national party was "the peak of deterioration of law and order," in Tamil Nadu, he alleged in a post on 'X.'
Those behind the incident should be arrested and due legal action initiated against them, he demanded.
BJP state president K Annamalai claimed Dhanasingh had written to the district police earlier, claiming threat to his life and had mentioned some individuals then. He alleged police did not act on the plaint.
"If this is the case of a complaint given by the district president of the Congress party in the DMK rule, there is a strong question about the law and order safety of the common people," he said on 'X.'
He urged that a proper probe should reveal the facts behind the incident.
PMK founder Dr S Ramadoss also questioned the ruling DMK over the law and order situation, citing the Congress functionary's death.
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BJP accuses AAP of circulating 'edited' videos to malign Swati Maliwal
New Delhi (PTI): The Delhi BJP Saturday accused AAP leaders of circulating "edited" videos to tarnish the image of their own party MP Swati Maliwal, who has accused an aide of Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal of assaulting her.
It is regrettable that "edited" videos are being circulated on social media groups since Friday in an attempt to "defame" Maliwal who is a member of the Aam Aadmi Party, Delhi BJP president Virendra Sachdeva claimed.
Earlier in the day, the Delhi Police arrested Kejriwal's aide Bibhav Kumar who has been accused by Maliwal of assaulting her at the CM's residence on Monday.
A couple of videos from the chief minister's residence from the day of the incident have surfaced on social media, one showed Maliwal having an argument with security personnel, while the other showed her walking out of the CM's residence in the Civil Lines.
"Now that the entire Aam Aadmi Party is tarnishing the image of Swati Maliwal, it's time Kejriwal comes forward and speaks on the matter," Sachdeva said.
The AAP has accused Maliwal of lying and becoming a part of the BJP conspiracy to frame Kejriwal in a fake case in the midst of elections.
Sachdeva said now that Kejriwal's aide has been arrested by police, many "dirty pages" of AAP's politics will become public.
If the AAP is trying to implicate Maliwal by circulating "edited" videos, it would be better for the Delhi Police to immediately take possession of the complete CCTV footage of the chief minister's residence, Sachdeva said.
He charged that Maliwal is not the first woman leader of the AAP that the party has has defamed.
Earlier, they also raised questions about Kiran Bedi, Shazia Ilmi and Richa Pandey who have all left the AAP, Sachdeva added.
