1,958 CPI(M) workers held in Madurai city, Namakkal district

A total of 1,958 CPI(M) cadres, including former MLA Nanmaran, were arrested for blocking vehicular traffic, demanding food security.

Madurai: A total of 1,958 CPI(M) cadres, including former MLA Nanmaran, were arrested here and in Namakkal district on Friday for blocking vehicular traffic, demanding food security, distribution of surplus land by implementing Land ceiling act, distribution house site pattas.
While 738 cadres were arrested in Madurai, 1,220 workers were arrested from 27 areas in Namakkal district, police said

In Madurai, the cadres including P Sampath (Central Committee member) blocked traffic at five places as part of their `Jail Bharo" (fill the jails) programme.

PTI