Out on bail, Maoist alleges threat from cops

Coimbatore: Maoist C Veeramani, who came out on conditional bail in August, on Monday petitioned the district collector alleging that he was being closely monitored by police in plainclothes despite adhering to conditions laid out by the court.
Veeramani, 71, came to the collectorate with his wife to submit the petition. He said that he has been residing in a rental house near Ukkadam and the Q branch police.
“Police are taking photographs of me and it is an offence. I am closely monitored by police who are in plainclothes,” Veeramani told reporters after submitting the petition.
Veeramani has been directed to put his signature before the Q branch office at Peelamedu at 10am and 5.30pm daily until further order. He has taken a rental house at Pullukadu at Ukkadam in the city to put his signature daily in the Q branch office. “Police personnel who were in plainclothes met my house owner and threatened him to vacate us and they also tortured my neighbours in the name of inquiry. The police personnel have been monitoring me round the clock and often taking photographs. They also took photographs of people who talked to me,” Veeramani said.
“Such police personnel from the intelligence agency should be punished,” he added.
His wife Kairunisha said that police should not disturb them and allow them to lead a peaceful life.
Veeramani, of Rayanallur in Cuddalore district, was arrested by the Q Branch-CID police in May 2015. He got conditional bail and came out of the Coimbatore central prison five years later in August 2020.
Veeramani and his accomplices Roopesh, Shyna, Kannan and Anoop Mathew George were arrested by the Coimbatore rural Q Branch-CID police at a bakery at Karumathampatti on May 5, 2015. They were lodged at the Coimbatore central prison. Shyna obtained bail from court and came out of the prison more than two years ago. Her husband Roopesh is spending his days behind the bar at Thrissur in Kerala.