Tamil Nadu cop faces action after mimicking Prabhakaran

A police constable in Tirunelveli gave sleepless nights to local police officials by mimicking LTTE chief V. Prabhakaran over police wireless, threatening to disturb DMK Youth Wing Conference beginning there today.

Shyam Sundar, posted in the Police Control Room in the town, had spoken on the walkie-talkie over the last three days claiming himself to be Prabhakaran and threatened to disturb the conference, saying the LTTE had lost respect in Tamil Nadu after the assassination of former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi.

Later he had also mimicked the voice of Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi and said he (Karunanidhi) was in Tirunelveli for the past one week, and no police official could identify him, according to police officials.

The conference has assumed importance as there is intense speculation that Karunanidhi might declare his son and Youth Wing leader M. K. Stalin as his heir apparent during the two-day show.

Officials, however, said Sundar was a mentally disturbed person and had been taking medicines for his condition.

But, there was no explanation why such a person was allowed to work in the sensitive control room.

Sundar, who used to entertain his colleagues by speaking in different voices, had been transferred from the Prohibition wing to the control room only recently.

His antics over the wireless sent shock waves among the police officials who spent sleepless nights beefing up security for the high-profile conference.Times of India