Trichy: The ruling Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) in Tamil Nadu was in for an embarrassment on Wednesday as alleged supporters of two senior party leaders – Minister for Municipal Administration, Urban and Water Supply KN Nehru and Member of Parliament (MP) Tiruchi Siva – clashed in the capital. A woman police constable was injured in Trichy.
The cause of the clash, which has been condemned by opposition parties and cited as a reflection of the deteriorating law and order situation in the state, was the Rajya Sabha MP not being invited to a government function where a badminton court was inaugurated by Nehru, was done by Shiva. Son-in-law and DMK member Karate V. Muthukumar has claimed.
“It only reflects the level of law and order prevailing in the state. No one is safe, not even a sitting DMK MP.
AIADMK interim general secretary Edappadi K. Palaniswami (EPS) also criticized the incident on social media, calling it “unprecedented in Tamil Nadu”. “The violent stampede inside a police station raises doubts that law and order in this DMK regime is under the control of thugs,” the EPS said.
Targeting Chief Minister MK Stalin, the EPS said, ‘Is it the Chief Minister, who has the police in his hands, who will answer this?’ The AIADMK interim general secretary further alleged that the people of the state are beginning to realize that every minute “this government continues it is only making a mockery of democracy and a threat to Tamil Nadu”.
द्वाराक्षण्यम्य द्वारामक्ष्ट्यायम गैलिकू दक्षाकूम गवर्णन every minute threatening and threatening, प्रणावतः प्रवाद्ध प्रवाणेथ पर्विणायत् परिशायत्य पुलिसियाँ आपन्वचम् इन्वास्थाम भोगत के लिए गेलिकू है? 2/2 pic.twitter.com/gHiOuk23Ow
– Edappadi K Palaniswami (@EPSTamilNadu) March 15, 2023
In a statement released after the incident, DMK general secretary Durai Murugan said that four party functionaries, whom he identified as Kazamalai Vijay, Muthu Selvam, Durai Raj and Ramdas, had been temporarily suspended from the party and their primary membership was dropped. Alleged clash.
Annamalai, however, called the suspension “a typical modus operandi” of the DMK and said, “We in Tamil Nadu are shocked and ashamed and have no further words to describe the state of affairs in the state”.
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‘Black flag protest, vehicle vandalized, and policemen injured’
According to police sources, Shiva’s supporters present near the MP’s Trichy residence on Wednesday showed black flags to Nehru’s cavalcade as the minister was on his way to an event to which Shiva was not invited. Trichy Collector M. Pradeep Kumar, Trichy Corporation Commissioner R.K. Vaithinathan and Mayor M. Anbazhagan’s cars.
Sources said that six people protesting by showing black flags were immediately taken into custody by the police.,
But soon after the program was over, Nehru’s supporters allegedly stormed Shiva’s residence, vandalizing parked vehicles, an SUV and a two-wheeler, and also damaged some windows of the house.
In visuals from CCTV cameras accessed by ThePrint, these men are seen pushing back the policemen on duty at the MP’s house.
DMK MP was in Bahrain at that time, are attending According to his social media posts, the 146th Inter-Parliamentary Union. ThePrint reached Siva over phone for comment but found his mobile switched off.
But Karate V. Muthukumar, Shiva’s son-in-law and DMK member, told the media that members of the Shiva camp were disappointed as they were not invited to an event in their neighbourhood. He accused the police of failing to provide “adequate security” to the ruling party MP when “goons” barged into the house and vandalized properties.
Police sources said they have arrested four DMK workers, whom they identified as Nehru supporters, who were allegedly involved in the vandalism and tightened security at Shiva’s residence.
Meanwhile, “another group of Nehru supporters” reportedly reached the Sessions Court police station, where “Shiv supporters who waved black flags at Nehru’s convoy” were being held.
In CCTV footage from the police station accessed by ThePrint, a woman constable is seen trying to stop “Nehru supporters” from forcibly entering the station and appears to be injured in the attempt. The visuals also showed the two groups attacking each other with chairs and other objects.
ThePrint reached Nehru over phone but did not get a response till the time of publishing this report.
women police Identified Because Shanti has been admitted to the hospital for treatment. Police sources also told ThePrint that an FIR for rioting and criminal trespass, among other sections of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), has been registered in the case related to the clash inside the police station.
(Edited by Poulomi Banerjee)
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