Thoothukudi: The Thoothukudi district police has detained C.Gnanaraj Jebasingh (30), son of former AIADMK Minister S.T.Chellapandian, under the Goondas Act.
Police sources said Jebasingh was arrested along with six persons for hijacking a container truck ferrying 16 tonnes of cashew nuts worth Rs 1.10 crore from Kanyakumari to VOC Port at Thoothukudi after assaulting the driver on November 26.
On being alerted by the truck driver, a special police team in coordination with Namakkal police tracked the truck at Thimmanayakan Patti near Rasipuram and arrested all the seven culprits.
Jebasingh has been cited as the prime accused in the case. Six others arrested in the case were S.Vishnu Perumal (26), K.Marimuthu (30), S.Manoharan (36), M.Pandi (21), V.Senthil Murugan (35) and T.Rajkumar (26).
All of them were presently lodged in Palayamkottai Central Prison.
The Goondas Act was invoked against Jebasingh on the orders of District Collector Dr.K.Senthil Raj, based on the recommendations of Superintendent of Police S.Jayakumar, the sources added. (UNI)
