Madras High Court quashes case against Annamalai over his remarks on Pasumpon Muthuramalinga Thevar

The Madras High Court on Thursday (September 24, 2026) quashed a private complaint lodged by Salem-based activist Piyush Manush against We The Leaders founder K. Annamalai for reportedly claiming, during a 2023 press meet, that Pasumpon Muthuramalinga Thevar, in 1956, warned of performing ‘ blood abhishekam ’ for Madurai Meenakshi Amman “if atheists continued to insult theists.”

Justice G.K. Ilanthiraiyan allowed a petition to quash the complaint after being convinced with the arguments advanced by advocate Arun C. Mohan for the former Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader, who had quit the party recently to start his own movement. The judge quashed all proceedings that were pending against the petitioner before a judicial magistrate’s court in Salem.