A case has been registered against Vishal by producer Radhakrishnan at the Thousand Lights police station today. As a counter to this, SS Durairaj, general secretary of TFPC, has filed a complaint against Radhakrishnan on Vishal’s behalf. An RDO enquiry into this has been recommended for Friday.
According to sources, TFPC member Radhakrishnan filed the case under IPC Section 145, which is meant for land and water-related disputes that cause a breach of peace. In the complaint Radhakrishnan alleges that Vishal tried to enter TFPC office yesterday to clear his documents and records.
Following this, as requested by Vishal, SS Durai Raj lodged a complaint against producers Radhakrishnan and KK Ritesh.
#JUSTIN அண்ணா சாலையில் உள்ள தயாரிப்பாளர் சங்க அலுவலகத்திற்கும் சீல் வைக்க போலீசார் பரிந்துரை.
* தியாகராய நகரில் உள்ள தயாரிப்பாளர் சங்க அலுவலகத்திற்கு போடப்பட்ட பூட்டை உடைக்க முயன்றதாக நேற்று விஷால் மீது 2 பிரிவுகளின் கீழ் பாண்டிபஜார் போலீசார் வழக்குப்பதிவு செய்தனர்.#VIshal
— Thanthi TV (@ThanthiTV) December 21, 2018
On Wednesday, a group of 300 producers asked actor-producer and TFPC president Vishal to resign from his post. They locked TFPC’s T Nagar office, and reportedly handed over keys to the police. The producers claimed that Vishal had been involved in irregularities.
Next morning at around 11 am, Vishal allegedly tried to break the lock and enter TFPC office by force. When the police stopped him, he got into an argument with them and was arrested. He was later released.
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Vishal responded to this, he said that the police action against him constituted ‘criminal trespassing’. According to The News Minute he told the media, “I have not done any mistake. They are not allowing me to go inside my office. If we ask questions they are arresting us. This is unbelievable.”
Scroll reports the that dissenting producers ask why no executive committee meeting was called by Vishal after producer Gnanavel Raja’s resignation as the council secretary earlier this month. Why was producer Kathiresan simply appointed to the post, they ask.
They allege that both TFPC vice president actor Prakash Raj, and director Gautham Vasudev Menon never attend the council’s meetings. They also say Vishal organised events without getting approval from the body’s general committee.
Presently, the Producers’ Council office has been sealed by Revenue Development Officers. The actor has appealed at the Madras High Court against the sealing of the office forcefully. HC has announced that if the case is submitted as a petition, it will be heard at 2.15 pm today.
தயாரிப்பாளர் சங்கத்திற்கு சீல் வைக்கப்பட்டதற்கு எதிராக சென்னை உயர்நீதிமன்றத்தில் விஷால் முறையீடு
மனுவாக தாக்கல் செய்தால் மதியம் 2.15 மணிக்கு விசாரிப்பதாக உயர்நீதிமன்றம் அறிவிப்பு #Vishal #HighCourt pic.twitter.com/o42aPth0JZ
— PuthiyathalaimuraiTV (@PTTVOnlineNews) December 21, 2018