CHENNAI: DMK MP A Raja and MLA PK Sekarbabu have been booked in two separate cases registered at Saidapet and North Beach police stations for alleged derogatory remarks against Chief Minister C Joseph Vijay and Minister CTR Nirmal Kumar during protests held at Saidapet and George Town on September 12.
Saidapet police said Raja has been booked under six sections including 189(2) (unlawful assembly), 352 (intentional insult with intent to provoke breach of peace), 353(1)(b) (statements conducing to public mischief), 296(b) (obscene acts and songs), 192 (wantonly giving provocation with intent to cause riot) and 79 (word, gesture or act intended to insult the modesty of a woman) of the BNS.
At the protest, Raja questioned Nirmal Kumar’s parentage while defending DMK president MK Stalin, and criticised Vijay’s gesture in the Assembly, which the DMK interpreted as mocking Stalin’s alleged prison assault.
Separately, the North Beach police have registered a case against Harbour MLA and former minister Sekarbabu under sections 296 (obscene acts and songs), 352, 196(1) (promoting enmity between different groups), 353(1) and (2) and 351(2) (criminal intimidation) of the BNS.
Speaking at a protest held near the Chennai collectorate on September 12, Sekarbabu called the CM’s corruption allegations “cinema-style dialogues” while also using alleged derogatory words to attack him over his “escape” from Karur after the 2025 stampede.
On September 13, at least 200 persons, including Mayor R Priya, were booked for allegedly holding a protest without permission.
