Madurai (Tamil Nadu): The police on Friday registered a case against 113 people, including Tamil Nadu BJP President Nainar Nagenthran , senior party leader H Raja, and six women, who participated in a protest on December 4 to push for the lighting of a lamp at the top of the Thiruparankundram hill, officials said.

They were booked on charges of disturbing public peace, among others.

Nagenthran and Raja were among those detained by the police for a couple of hours last night. Sources said they were released around 11.20 pm on Thursday.

A single-judge of Madurai bench of the Madras High Court had ordered the lighting of the lamp on a pillar at the top of the Thiruparankundram hill and also revoked the 144 prohibitory orders issued in the area by the district administration on December 4.

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