Overview

• Kunnam police in Perambalur registered an FIR on August 27 naming TVK chief Thalapathy Vijay and ten security personnel after a complaint by party worker Sarathkumar.
• The alleged manhandling occurred during TVK’s second state conference in Madurai, an event that drew well over a lakh attendees.
• Video circulating online shows a bouncer pushing a man off a ramp as Vijay is seen in the background appealing for calm.
• Sarathkumar said he was pushed while trying to climb the ramp and sustained a chest injury, and he filed his complaint at the Perambalur District SP office.
• Police cited three legal provisions, including those for voluntarily causing hurt and uttering obscene words in a public place; Vijay has not responded publicly as the investigation proceeds.