NTK chief Seeman booked under SC/ST act by Avadi City Police

CHENNAI: Naam Tamilar Katchi (NTK) leader Seeman was on Friday booked under the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) act by the Avadi City Police for his alleged derogatory remarks during a public meeting.

Pattabiram Police registered the case on Friday based on the directions from Tamil Nadu State Commission for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes.

According to police sources, Seeman has been booked under section 353 of BNS (statements conducive to public mischief) and sections 3 (1) (r) and 3 (1) (s) of the SC/ST (POA) act.

The Commission's action is the fallout of a complaint from one K Ajeesh from Pattabiram, who sought its intervention after the Pattabiram police had failed to take appropriate action on his complaint against the NTK leader.

The petitioner, in his complaint to the commission, had said that he was anguished after Seeman's press conference in which he had repeatedly used caste title 'Sandala' and dared the authorities to take legal action against him.

It may be recalled the Commission had issued an advisory against use of use 'Sandala', which denotes a caste name found in the list of Scheduled Castes and asked the state government to take legal action as per the provision of SC and ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act 1989 if anyone uses it.