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27 MKIK activists held for protesting Kovan's arrest
2015-11-02 | Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu
Ref: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/coimbatore/27-MKIK-activists-held-for-protesting-Kovans-arrest/articleshow/49613822.cms
COIMBATORE: As many as 27 activists of Makkal Kalai Ilakkiya Kazhagam (MKIK) were arrested for staging a protest near South Taluk office here on Saturday, condemning the state government for the arrest of folk singer S Sivadass alias Kovan.

The folk singer was arrested on charges of sedition on Friday for lambasting the state government and tasmac shops in a song. He was an avid supporter of prohibition campaign.