Chennai: DMK (Dravida Munetra Kazhagam) President M Karunanidhi on May 21 described the arrest of his son M K Azhagiri as 'politically motivated" in connection with the murder of senior party leader and former Minister T Kiruttinan and demanded action against the real culprits.

"I will be happy if the real culprits of the heinous crime are arrested instead of indulging in political vendetta," he told reporters, reacting to Azhagiri's arrest early on May 21 morning in Madurai where Kiruttinan was murdered on May 20.

Those who did not like his sons M K Stalin and Azhagiri coming together were behind the murder, Karunanidhi said.

Condemning the arrest, he said police had attempted to "strike two mangoes from a single stone" by using the murder of Kiruttinan to arrest Azhagiri.

Asked whether his party would demand a CBI (Central Bureau of Investigation) probe into Kiruttinan's murder, he said it had not yet considered it.

DMK general secretary K Anbahzagan, who was also present, said both Stalin and Azhagiri were like two eyes of the party. DMK would face the arrest of Azhagiri in the court, he said.

He said the organisational polls, which had been postponed in some districts due to the murder of Kiruttinan and also because of intra-party feud would be completed before June 1.

PTI