Tamil writer and social activist Durai Guna has been arrested for allegedly belittling top government officials by pasting posters saying there were vacancies for their posts which could be filled with people with "common sense and discipline," police said on Tuesday.
The writer resorted to this step to draw the attention of the district administration to the alleged disappearance of an irrigation pond in Karambakudi that has been encroached upon over the past several years, they said.
The posters claimed the positions held by the district collector, district revenue officer, revenue divisional officer, Tahsildar, and village administration officer in the district were vacant and that they could be filled with people with 'common sense, self-respect and discipline.'