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Kancheepuram: South actress and Tamil Nadu Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Ranjana Nachiyar was held by the Mangadu police on Saturday after her video of slapping and verbally abusing minor school and college going students went viral on social media.
The incident unfolded at the Kundrathur in Kancheepuram where the BJP leader is also accused of abusing the conductor and the driver of the government bus. Ranjana Nachiyar was arrested for interrupting government officials from executing their duties.
Ranjana Nachiyar stopped an state government bus influx with students on Friday (November 3) on which the students were performing dangerous stunts which could have turned fatal for them. The students were seen in the video while they were hanging on the entrance of the speeding bus and also few of them were seen travelling while sitting on the rooftop of the bus.
Ranjana Nachiyar noticed the students travelling in the dangerous conditions and stopped the bus and first shouted at the driver for risking the lives of the passengers. She then went on and asked the students to deboard the bus and also started yelling at them. Nachiyar also started to slap and beat the students who refused to come out of the bus. After this she had an argument with the conductor of the bus due to which a case was registered against the BJP member.
பேருந்தில் தொங்கியபடி சென்ற மாணவர்களை தாக்கிய புகாரில் நடிகை கைது#Chennai | #RanjanaNaachiyar | #SchoolStudents | #FootBoard | #GovtBus | #BJP | #Puthiyathalaimurai pic.twitter.com/T7O4vtz2aN
— PuthiyathalaimuraiTV (@PTTVOnlineNews) November 4, 2023
According to reports, the police said they waited outside the actor’s house for more than half an hour on Saturday morning after which they opened the door. After police entered his house to arrest him, there was an uproar at his residence and the video of the drama went viral on social media.
Ranjana demanded an arrest warrant from the police and also alleged that male police officers beat the windows of her house while she was changing her clothes inside her house. The actress was arrested and taken to Mangadu police station.
BJP leader CT Ravi has attacked the MK Stalin-led government in Tamil Nadu over the arrest of Ranjana Nachiyar. He took to his official social media account and said, “I strongly condemn the arrest of BJP Tamil Nadu leader Thirumati Ranjana Nachiyar by the police for no apparent fault of Hers. If someone has to be arrested, then it is the state chief minister, transport minister and the officers who are responsible for school children travelling on the footboard of buses putting their lives at great risk.”
I strongly condemn the arrest of @BJP4TamilNadu leader Thirumati @RanjanaNachiyar by the police for no apparent fault of Hers.
If someone has to be arrested, then it is the state chief minister, transport minister and the officers who are responsible for school children… https://t.co/hAs9DeiDaP
— C T Ravi 🇮🇳 ಸಿ ಟಿ ರವಿ (@CTRavi_BJP) November 4, 2023
