The controversy created by the desecration of EV Ramasamy Naicker’s statue in Pudukottai district on
Tuesday a curious turn on Thursday with Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Edappadi Palaniswamy informing the legislative Assembly that the person who was arrested for vandalism admitting to police of his crime and his employers coming out with a statement that Senthil Kumar is a psychiatric patient.
“S Senthil Kumar was arrested after they found his image in CCTV footages installed in the area.
Kumar, a head constable in the CRPF, told police he was against the installation of the statue since 2013 itself as it was near to his house. He had threatened to demolish the statue in 2013 itself if it was erected near his house,” said the Chief Minister.
Palaniswamy said Senthil Kumar has been remanded to judicial custody.
He also said two persons who were involved in the defacing of a Naicker statue at Thirupattur in Vellore district have been arrested.