Police on Wednesday arrested Tamil writer Nellai Kannan in Perambalur in Tamil Nadu. Ever since his inciting speech, BJP workers in Tamil Nadu had been demanding the arrest of Kannan over his statements. The BJP state leadership had condemned Kannan's anti-CAA speech and "nobody will accept his utterances". BJP state secretary had said to the news agency ANI, "It is highly condemnable. Several BJP leaders had complained against Kannan's inciting statements that he had delivered through the speech in the anti-CAA protest meeting called by the Social Democratic Party on December 29.

Source: dna January 01, 2020 16:52 UTC