Tamil Nadu Timeline 2009

April 12: Police arrested a senior CPI-Maoist cadre, identified as Tamil Vanan alias Arthanarishwaran alias Manickam alias TV (64), at Vikkiravandi in Villupuram District. TV, one of the pioneers of Maoist movement in Tamil Nadu, had been on the run for nearly 37 years. He was also involved in several cases of killing in the State.

June 10: Sivalingam (67) and Saminathan (60), Naxalites (left-wing extremists) of Vakkanampatti under Jolarpet Police Station limits in Tiruvallur District, were arrested by a Police party led by K. Sundaram, Inspector of ‘Q’ Branch in Tirupattur. They were wanted in several murder and assault cases, including the murder of three Policemen on August 6, 1980. Sivalingam, who was involved in 12 cases including two murder cases, was arrested at Ulundai in Tiruvallur District, while Saminathan, who was involved in one murder case and an assault case, was arrested from Moulivakkam in Tiruvallur District. Both had gone underground for the last 31 years. According to ‘Q’ branch sources, Sivalingam and Saminathan enrolled themselves in the Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) in 1975. Sivalingam, an engine driver, was also a general secretary of the All India Railway Union.