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Coimbatore: Rural police on Wednesday arrested BJP’s Madukkarai area youth wing secretary R Sureshkumar for creating enmity between the residents of Keel Chithirai Chavadi, Thondamuthur and Perur. “I had inspected Chithirai Chavadi check dam’s sluice gates on June 15 and had found them working perfectly. The rumour went viral on social media and people from Thondamuthur and Perur approached me demanding action against Keel Chithirai Chavadi villagers. Meanwhile, BJP functionary Sureshkumar spread rumours using his Facebook and WhatsApp accounts that residents of Thondamuthur and Perur won’t get water from Noyyal river because Keel Chithirai Chavadi residents have blocked water in the check dam. M Sivakumar, an assistant engineer with the irrigation department in Noyyal west division of the public works department ( PWD), had lodged a complaint against Sureshkumar..