FIRs filed against DMK chief Karunanidhi and son MK Stalin

First Information Reports have been filed against Dravida Munnetra Kazagham President M Karunanidhi and his son and party treasurer M K Stalin in connection with a clash between their supporters and All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam workers in the wake of conviction of Chief Minister Jayalalithaa in the assets case.

Three FIRs were filed at the Royapettah police station against the two and several others on Saturday night based on complaint by some AIADMK workers who alleged that a group of DMK workers attacked them with ‘deadly weapons’ near Karunanidhi’s Gopalapuram residence, police said.

The FIRs were filed under Indian Penal Code sections 147 (punishment for rioting), 148 (rioting, armed with deadly weapon), 324 (voluntarily causing hurt by dangerous weapons or means), 336 (act endangering life or personal safety of others) and 506/2 (punishment for criminal intimidation), they said.

The clash took place when AIADMK workers protested against DMK and its leaders, alleging that it was their act of “foisting” the illegal Rs 66.65 crore assets case that led to the conviction of Jayalalithaa by a Bangalore special court on Saturday.

Image: AIADMK members protest outside DMK chief Karunanidhi's home. Photograph: ANI/Twitter