On 25 June 2013, Mr. A. Manoharan alias Manoj, was arrested under the Scheduled Caste/Scheduled Tribe Act in Coimbatore, based on the compliant of Navaneetha Sivakumar, against whom Manoj had earlier raised corruption allegations. Manoj was remanded to judicial custody by a court. In 2011, Mr. Manoj wrote to various officials claiming that an institu�_tion run by Sivakumar had swindled nearly Rs.20 million from the funds granted by the Tamil Nadu Adi Dravidar Housing & Development Corporation Limited (TAHDCO) to provide vocational training for persons belonging to SC/ST communities. Manoj had also produced evidences which he claims proved that Sivakumar swindled the money by registering fake beneficiaries. Manoj was also opposing selection of another institu�_tion run by Sivakumar as the implementation agency of STEP-UP (Skill Training for Employment Promotion amongst Urban Poor) scheme. Incidentally, Sivakumar has alleged that he was abused by Manoj on 18 June 2013 on the City Corporation of�_fice premises when he had gone there to collect the funds under the scheme. "The complainant had al�_leged that Manoj abused him by referring to his caste and used derogatory words," Ukkadam police said. The case was registered by Ukkadam police three days after the alleged incident and police have invoked section 3(x) of the SC/ST However, members of the Lok Satta Party say this is a case of abuse of the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act. "This is entirely a cooked-up case and filed only to take revenge upon Manoj for highlighting corruption in implementation of the government-spon�_sored schemes. On the par�_ticular day, Manoj had gone to the city Corporation Office to represent a civic issue in a locality. It was Sivakumar who abused him and issued threats. We left the place after police interned and asked us to leave to avoid un�_necessary tension," said a petition submitted by the Party to the city police commissioner. In 2011, Mr. Manoj wrote to various offi�_cials claiming that an institu�_tion run by Sivakumar had swindled nearly Rs.2 crore from the funds granted by the Tamil Nadu Adi Dravidar Housing & Development Corporation Limited (TAHDCO) to provide vocational training for persons belonging to SC/ST communities. Manoj had also produced evidences which he claims proved that Sivakumar swindled the money by registering fake beneficiaries. Manoj was also opposing selection of another institu�_tion run by Sivakumar as the implementation agency of STEP-UP (Skill Training for Employment Promotion amongst Urban Poor) scheme. Incidentally, Sivakumar has alleged that he was abused by Manoj on June 18 on the City Corporation of�_fice premises when he had gone there to collect the funds under the scheme. "The complainant had al�_leged that Manoj abused him by referring to his caste and used derogatory words," Ukkadam police said. The case was registered by Ukkadam police three days after the alleged incident and police have invoked section 3(x) of the SC/ST (Preven�_tion of Atrocities) Act. On Tuesday, 25 June 2013, Manoj was arrested and remanded to judicial custody by a court. However, members of the Lok Satta Party say this is a case of abuse of the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act. "This is entirely a cooked-up case and filed only to take revenge upon Manoj for highlighting corruption in implementation of the government-spon�_sored schemes. On the par�_ticular day, Manoj had gone to the city Corporation Office to represent a civic issue in a locality. It was Sivakumar who abused him and issued threats. We left the place after police interned and asked us to leave to avoid un�_necessary tension," said a petition submitted by the Party to the city police commissioner.