Protesters Burn Down Police Station, Police Use Force to Evict Jallikattu Supporters from Marina Beach Area
The Jallikattu protests which began peacefully over a week ago, turned violent on Monday morning. Protesters hurled stones at the police after they were forcefully evicted from different sites of protest including the Marina Beach.
It is also being reported that, protesters have burned down the ice house police station as well as set vehicles on fire. As per available information, the eviction process started early on Monday morning. Though initially it remained peaceful but suddenly started to go out of control and the police used tear gas and even lathi charged at the crowd. More than one hundred protesting students have been detained near Meenakshi Hall, Coimbatore. All roads leading to Marina Beach has been cordoned off by the police.
M K Stalin, DMK Working Chief has protested against the use of force by the police and called it ‘undemocratic’.
Jallikattu was banned by the Supreme Court in the year 2014 on grounds of animal cruelty.
NEW DELHI: Mamata Banerjee will sweep West Bengal again, the Left will win back Kerala, the BJP will gain Assam, Read more
The DMK on Sunday alleged that AIADMK supporters, with the help of some police officers, are harassing its candidates in Read more
With protest movements across the state of Tamil Nadu, Startup founders are now offering their support to continue the bull-taming Read more
After state wide protests over jallikattu, the TN assembly on Monday passed an amendment bill which legalised jallikattu without any Read more
