COIMBATORE: Former F1 racer Narain Karthikeyan was booked on Thursday in connection with a land dispute with his neighbour. Thondamuthur police registered a case against Karthikeyan on charges of blocking the pathway on a land owned by another person.
Police said Karthikeyan and K Prithvirajkumar (27), a textile businessman from Coimbatore, owned plots at Keel Chithirai Chavadi and are involved in a legal tussle over the ownership. On September 18, Karthikeyan allegedly fenced the pathway on Prithvirajkumar’s land, following which the latter along with a few others removed it. On Thursday, police booked Karthikeyan under section 339 (Wrongful restraint) of the Indian Penal Code.