Man who surrendered has no link with Sangh outfits

Jeyam Pandian (45), who surrendered before the Judicial Magistrate Court in Madurai on Thursday in connection with Thursday’s bomb attack against Puthiya Thalaimurai TV channel office here has no connection with any of the Sangh Parivar groups, according to senior RSS leaders in Tamil Nadu.

Pandian, a self-styled president of Hindu Illainger Sena, was till recently an activist of Hindu Makkal Katchi led by Arjun Sampath. “He joined Hindu Makkal Katchi after Narendra Modi became the Prime Minister of India. But when we found that Pandian’s style of functioning is not in conformity with out outfit we threw him out in December 2014 itslef,” said Sampath. But Sampath and his party Hindu Makkal Katchi are swrorn rivals of the Sangh Parivar.

Sampath told The Pioneer that Pandian was a Congress leader till he switched sides to join Naam Tamilar, one of the lTTE frontal organisations led by controversial movie maker Seeman Sebastian.  “He joined HMM from Naam Tamilar. Pandian was also the president of Omni Bus Owners Association,” said Sampath.