BJP activist Kalyanaraman arrested in connection with Mettupalayam communal tension
Several SDPI members have also been booked for allegedly resorting to violence at the BJP demonstration and for defaming prime minister Modi at an earlier event
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COIMBATORE: After communal tensions prevailed in Mettupalayam on Sunday, Coimbatore district police arrested BJP functionary R Kalyanaraman (54), a BJP state executive member from Mannadi in Chennai, as well as former Mettupalayam municipality chairman and a BJP divisional organisation secretary D Sathishkumar (49) on Monday on charges of hate speech and creating enmity between two communities at a BJP demonstration.