<p>Former ABVP president Dr Subbiah Shanmugam was on Saturday arrested by the Tamil Nadu Police in a nearly two-year-old case in which he was accused of harassing an elderly lady by urinating outside her apartment over an argument on parking space. </p>.<p>Dr Shanmugam was in the news last month after the Tamil Nadu government placed him under suspension for “violating the service rules” by meeting activists of ABVP in jail. He was the head of the Surgical Oncology department at the Government Royapettah Hospital here. </p>.<p>The Adambakkam Police arrested Dr Shanmugam on Saturday. He was later remanded to judicial custody till March 31 by a local court. In July 2020, he was booked under sections 271 (disobedience to quarantine rule) and 427 (mischief causing damage) under the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and Tamil Nadu Women Harassment Prevention Act. </p>.<p>He was booked after the elderly woman’s relative Balaji Vijayaraghavan filed a complaint accusing Dr Shanmugam of harassing his aunt, who is living alone in her apartment following her husband’s death last year, following an argument over a parking slot. </p>.<p>ABVP condemned his arrest in a two-year-old case and claimed that the complaint was “closed” after the mutual consent of the parties. “The DMK government first removed Dr Subbiah from the position of Head of the Oncology department at Kilpauk Medical College in Chennai and now the government has retaliated with digging an old complaint wherein compromise is done,” a statement from ABVP said. </p>.<p>However, in a Twitter post on Saturday evening, Vijayaraghavan said he never withdrew the complaint and thanked the police for following the law. </p>.<p>In a letter to Joint Commissioner (South), Vijayaraghavan alleged that his aunt was “overwhelmed with calls and subtle threats from BJP/ABVP/RSS functionaries” and sought police help in protecting them. Dr Shanmugam and the woman were living in the same apartment complex in Nanganallur, and an argument broke between them over a parking slot. </p>.<p>The complaint also alleged that Dr Shanmugam began harassing her by throwing “pieces of chicken” outside her apartment despite knowing she is a vegetarian. CCTV footage had corroborated with the allegations of urinating outside the residence of the woman. </p>.<p><strong>Check out latest videos from <i data-stringify-type="italic">DH</i>:</strong></p>
<p>Former ABVP president Dr Subbiah Shanmugam was on Saturday arrested by the Tamil Nadu Police in a nearly two-year-old case in which he was accused of harassing an elderly lady by urinating outside her apartment over an argument on parking space. </p>.<p>Dr Shanmugam was in the news last month after the Tamil Nadu government placed him under suspension for “violating the service rules” by meeting activists of ABVP in jail. He was the head of the Surgical Oncology department at the Government Royapettah Hospital here. </p>.<p>The Adambakkam Police arrested Dr Shanmugam on Saturday. He was later remanded to judicial custody till March 31 by a local court. In July 2020, he was booked under sections 271 (disobedience to quarantine rule) and 427 (mischief causing damage) under the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and Tamil Nadu Women Harassment Prevention Act. </p>.<p>He was booked after the elderly woman’s relative Balaji Vijayaraghavan filed a complaint accusing Dr Shanmugam of harassing his aunt, who is living alone in her apartment following her husband’s death last year, following an argument over a parking slot. </p>.<p>ABVP condemned his arrest in a two-year-old case and claimed that the complaint was “closed” after the mutual consent of the parties. “The DMK government first removed Dr Subbiah from the position of Head of the Oncology department at Kilpauk Medical College in Chennai and now the government has retaliated with digging an old complaint wherein compromise is done,” a statement from ABVP said. </p>.<p>However, in a Twitter post on Saturday evening, Vijayaraghavan said he never withdrew the complaint and thanked the police for following the law. </p>.<p>In a letter to Joint Commissioner (South), Vijayaraghavan alleged that his aunt was “overwhelmed with calls and subtle threats from BJP/ABVP/RSS functionaries” and sought police help in protecting them. Dr Shanmugam and the woman were living in the same apartment complex in Nanganallur, and an argument broke between them over a parking slot. </p>.<p>The complaint also alleged that Dr Shanmugam began harassing her by throwing “pieces of chicken” outside her apartment despite knowing she is a vegetarian. CCTV footage had corroborated with the allegations of urinating outside the residence of the woman. </p>.<p><strong>Check out latest videos from <i data-stringify-type="italic">DH</i>:</strong></p>
