Maran held in hospital

By Our Special Correspondent

CHENNAI, JUNE 30. In the day-long high drama that continued till late in the evening, the Union Minister, Mr. Murasoli Maran, was arrested at the Apollo Hospital and remanded to judicial custody till July 3.

Mr. Chandrabose, Magistrate 23rd Metropolitan Court, was brought in a police jeep to the Apollo Hospital in view of the doctors attending on the Minister stating that if they are taking the Minister to the jail the police authorities would be doing so at their own risk.

Meanwhile, Mr. A. Raja, Union Minister of State for Health, who called on Mr. Maran, said Mr. Maran would be in the hospital till July 3. He named the highhandedness and lawlessness of two senior police personnel for punching in the place where Mr. Maran had recently undergone a surgery.

``What all happened in Chennai today has been conveyed to the DMK party representative in New Delhi who will apprise the NDA members at the meeting,'' Mr. Raja added.

Meanwhile, the City Police Commissioner Mr. K. Muthukaruppan said that the behaviour of Mr. Maran was totally unexpected and unwarranted. He forcibly accompanied a person who had been detained by the police. He refused to alight from the vehicle despite pleas from the police, he charged.

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