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My arrest will impact investor morale: Maran

Our Bureau

CHENNAI, July 4

THE Union Commerce and Industry Minister, Mr Murasoli Maran, today expressed concern over the impact of his arrest on investor morale and attracting foreign investment into the country.

Mr Maran said that in his capacity as the Minister for Commerce and Industry, he has helped attract over $4 billion in foreign investment during the last one year. However, if the international investors saw the plight of a Minister being manhandled and arrested, would anybody be interested in investing here, he wondered.

Mr Maran was talking to newspersons after visiting the former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister, Mr M. Karunanidhi, at the Central prison.

Mr Maran was discharged today from Apollo Hospital were he was admitted on June 30 after he was allegedly manhandled by the police during the course of the arrest of Mr Karunanidhi. Subsequently, Mr Maran was himself arrested on charges of preventing the police from discharging their duties. The State Government has dropped all charges against him.