Veteran Tamil journalist Nakkeeran Gopal, the editor of Tamil bi-weekly ‘Nakkeeran,’ was arrested by the Chennai City Police on Tuesday morning, reportedly on a complaint from Governor Banwarilal Purohit’s office.
According to a senior police officer, Gopal was taken into custody around 8.15 am from the Chennai airport. He was reportedly travelling to Pune to attend an event there. Sources close to Gopal said the police is likely to press sedition charges against him.