Fishing boats and two-wheelers had been set ablaze in Thalanguda village
Chennai:
Forty three folks have been detained in Tamil Nadu’s Cuddalore after violent clashes broke out within the district over the alleged homicide of a person, the brother of a former native physique chief, on Saturday. Fishing boats and two-wheelers had been set ablaze in Thalanguda village – movies present them up in flames by the ocean as helpless hearth tenders are seen throwing sand to place out the hearth as hearth vans had been unable to maneuver nearer to the shore.
Some reviews say just a few homes too had been set on hearth. Eye-witnesses say the attackers escaped after torching properties.
Police blame it on political rivalry relationship again to native physique polls held final yr. After a delay of greater than three years, native physique polls had been held for panchayat unions alone in most a part of Tamil Nadu in December 2019.
Round 200 police personnel have been deployed for safety within the space after the clashes.
Police instructed NDTV that the scenario is presently below management.
“Boats and two-wheelers had been set on hearth. Earlier enmity between each teams seems to be the basis trigger. We have deployed sufficient police power and the scenario is below management,” Cuddalore SP M Sree Abhinav instructed NDTV.
That is being seen as the primary main violence within the state amid the coronavirus lockdown since March-end. Investigation is on within the case.
