Economist Kalaiarasan detained by cops, Stalin, Thiruma cries foul

Chennai, Oct 28 (UNI) Prominent economist and Assistant Professor at the Madras Institute of Development Studies (MIDS) A.Kalaiyarasan was on Thursday detained by the police, triggering strong condemnation from the Opposition DMK and also from the VCK, which is part of the TVK government headed by Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Vijay. In a prew-dawn swoop, policemen in plainclothes detained him from his Adyar residence in connection with an alleged abusive post on Instagram against a ruling TVK Pallavaram MLA J.Kamatchi. Reports said he was detained illegally without showing any complaint or FIR and being taken to Shankar Nagar police at…