Former AIADMK MP K C Palanisamy arrested for misusing party symbol

Police have arrested former AIADMK MP KC Palanisamy on Saturday early morning for allegedly misusing the party symbol. According to the filed complaint, Palaniswamy was operating a website in the name of AIADMK and fraudulently using the party symbol of two leaves.

Coimbatore(Tamil Nadu): Former AIADMK MP KC Palanisamy was arrested in the early hours of Saturday at his residence for allegedly misusing the party symbol, police said.

AIADMK MP was arrested from his house in R S Puram after a complaint was filed against him. The complaint stated that Palanisamy was operating a website in the name of the AIADMK and misusing the party symbol of Two Leaves.

The former MP was expelled from the AIADMK in 2018 after he urged the party to back a no-confidence motion against the Modi government at the Centre if it did not take a favourable stand on the Cauvery issue.

Police said that the probe is underway.