Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi MLA S.S. Balaji and five other party functionaries were on Thursday acquitted by a special court in two criminal cases registered against them for staging a protest in Triplicane without permission in 2018. According to the prosecution, on March 3, 2018, Mr. Balaji, then VCK deputy general secretary, Chelladurai, district secretary, and several others participated in a …