K Annamalai detained during protests against DMK govt over funeral procession of Coimbatore blast mastermind
India TV NewsTamil Nadu BJP President K Annamalai and several other leaders were detained by the police in Coimbatore on Friday as they protested against the security deployed for the funeral of the mastermind in the Coimbatore bomb blast. In a post on X, Annamalai criticised the Tamil Nadu government for giving permission to the funeral procession of SA Basha, the mastermind of 1998 serial bombings in Coimbatore. Echoing similar sentiments, Union Minister L Murugan also condemned the DMK government in Tamil Nadu for allowing the funeral procession of SA Basha. ‘Failed to take appropriate action’ Maharashtra Governor CP Radhakrishnan slammed the Tamil Nadu government for allowing the funeral procession of SA Basha, questioning whether this act encourages the “killing of innocent people by allowing an evil spirit to be paraded as a martyr”. He said that former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M Karunanidhi failed to take appropriate action in regard to the Coimbatore blast.