Chennai, September 27: Chennai Police on Friday arrested Jayagopal of the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) in connection with the death of 22-yr-old Subashree after an AIADMK banner fell on her on 12th September. In a tragic incident that took place on Thursday, September 12, a 22-year-old woman died after being hit by a water tanker when a banner erected by the AIADMK party allegedly fell on her while she was riding a two-wheeler. The woman was later identified as Subashree. Chennai Woman Dies After an AIADMK Banner Falls on Her, MK Stalin Says It is Due to 'Negligence of Government And Inefficient Police Officers'.

Commenting on the death of the girl, DMK President MK Stalin said, "Subashree has died due to negligence of government and inefficient police officers. Illegal banners have taken yet another life. How many more lives will be lost to power-hungry and anarchist rule?" Subashree Road Accident: AIADMK Worker Jayagopal, Who Put Up Illegal Banner, Named in FIR.

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Subashree was returning home from her office when the accident happened. Even though the Madras High Court had banned hoardings in public places, an AIADMK party official C Jayagopal had put up the banner at the centre of the busy Pallavaram-Thoraipakkam Radial Road. The banner had the images of Chief Minister K Palaniswami, Deputy Chief Minister O Panneerselvam, late Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa and others for a family wedding.

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