MDMK's South Chennai district Secretary Manimaran was today arrested on the charge of making "an inflammatory speech, in support of the outlawed LTTE". A police release said Manimaran's speech was in a fashion that could "hinder" the sovereignty and unity of the country.

He was arrested under various sections of Unlawful Activities (Prevention Amendment) Act 2004 and IPC section 153 (b) (committing any act prejudicial to the maintenance of harmony between different religious, racial or regional groups), police sources said.

The release said Manimaran, while participating in a fast organised by the DPI here on August 17 to condemn the killing of 61 school girls in an airstrike in Sri Lanka, had issued a warning to the Centre that "We are ready even to carry AK 47 rifles for the betterment of Sri Lankan Tamils." He had also said that "If you do not take action to support the suffering Tamils there, an agitation demanding a separate Tamil Nadu will erupt."

Another speaker at the meeting, DPI's Chennai district secretary, Kadamban, is also wanted by police for his inflammatory speech but was absconding, the release said.

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