KOCHI, May 24 -- R S Bharati, Rajya Sabha member and senior DMK leader was arrested early Saturday morning by Chennai Police under charges of Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities)Act 1989. The arrest was in connection with a complaint filed by Arun Kumar, a Dalit leader, who had said that Bharati had insulted and humiliated the marginalised communities while addressing a public meeting held in Chennai on February 15.
Bharati was granted interim bail by a court in Egmore till June 1. Arun Kumar had alleged that the DMK leader made derogatory comments about the Dalits in the State during his speech when he stated that the depressed classes were elevated by the DMK as an act of charity.
The reported comment had resu...