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In the pre-dawn hours of Saturday, Tamil Nadu police arrested former chief minister and DMK president Muthuvel Karunanidhi.

The ageing political leader was dragged, screaming, from his home on Oliver Road in Madras.

Union Cabinet Minister Murasoli Maran and other members of the Karunanidhi family who protested the treatment meted out to the leader were manhandled. Maran was subsequently admitted to Apollo Hospital for treatment.

Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee has condemned the arrest and called for a full report from the state chief secretary after failing to get in touch with Chief Minister J Jayalalitha.

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