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CHENNAI: The nungambakkam police arrested actor-turned-politician and MLA Karunaas for his provocative speech against Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Edappadi K.
Palaniswami and a police officer. He asked the officer to remove his uniform and come for a fight.A few of his followers gathered outside and shouted slogans against the chief minister and demanded their leader’s release. In an hour-long speech delivered by Karunaas at Valluvar Kottam last week, he had made derogatory remarks against the chief minister, deputy chief minister and a police officer.He said that the government headed by Edappadi K Palaniswami could not have been formed without his presence at the Koovathur beach resort, where the MLAs stayed. He was initially taken to Puzhal prison, but was later shifted to Vellore prison citing security reasons.Karunaas is an MLA from the Thiruvadanai constituency and founder of Mukkulathor Puli Padai, a caste outfit. After being questioned for nearly three hours after his arrest, he was lodged in prison.While being taken away by the police, the MLA said he did not know the reason for slapping attempt to murder charges on him..