Indu Makkal Katchi youth wing president Omkar Balaji questioned for remarks on Nakkheeran Gopal
Omkar Balaji (third right) with his father Arjun Sampath (second right) in front of the Race Course police station in Coimbatore on Sunday (November 10, 2024). | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement The Coimbatore City Police on Saturday (November 9, 2024) questioned Omkar Balaji, president of the youth wing of Indu Makkal Katchi (IMK), for his controversial remarks on Nakkheeran Gopal, editor of Tamil magazine Nakkheeran. The police had registered a case against Mr. Balaji, son of IMK founder Arjun Sampath, for stating in a protest held in Coimbatore on October 27 that the tongue of Mr. Gopal would be chopped off. The IMK had staged the protest to condemn an article published by the Tamil magazine on Isha Yoga Center in Coimbatore. While addressing the protestors, he accused Mr. Gopal of spreading rumours about Isha Yoga Center and operating under the instructions of the DMK. Mr. Balaji, according to the police, went on to say Mr. Gopal would be arrested when the DMK is out of power and his tongue would be cut off. A DMK …
