Chennai, July 23 -- More than 1,000 historysheeters and anti-socials were arrested and remanded in judicial custody during a special drive conducted by the Tamil Nadu police across the state.

A police release said in order to maintain law and order, as a pro-active and preventive policing measure, intensive enforcement drives were carried out across the State as per the instructions of the Director General of Police/Head of Police Force Mahesh Kumar Aggarwal against History Sheet (HS) Rowdies, Non-History Sheet (Non-HS) Offenders, Bad Characters (BCs), and absconding accused involved in various criminal activities.

During the weeklong operation from July 15, continuous checking, surveillance were undertaken against HS Rowdies and Non-HS O...