Madurai News Updates April 2008: Muthuramalinga Thevar Statue vandalised: Tension in Madurai: Actresses Shilpa Shetty and Reema Sen Case quashed

Tension gripped Goripalayam in the heart of Madurai on Monday after a statue of the late All-India Forward Bloc leader U Muthuramalinga Thevar, deified by the Thevar community, was found vandalised.

Protesting the incident, members of the community stoned and damaged several buses across the caste-sensitive region, which has a sizeable Thevar (most backward caste) population.

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The Madurai Bench of Madras High Court on Wednesday quashed criminal cases against popular Bollywood actresses Shilpa Shetty and Reema Sen. Read more