India: Violence erupts in Tamil Nadu after Jayalalithaa’s conviction in DA case

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CHENNAI: AIADMK cadres resorted to violence in Chennai and other parts of Tamil Nadu shortly after a special court in Bangalore found chief minister J Jayalalithaa guilty in the disproportionate assets case.

Several shops downed their shutters and companies declared holiday in anticipation of violence.

A mob set a bus ablaze in Kancheepuram district while stone pelting at buses was reported from Salem and Madurai.

An AIADMK member was injured while he burnt the effigy of DMK chief M Karunanidhi on the Avinashi Road in Coimbatore while two party cadres attempted suicide. An AIDMK cadre in at Palladam in Tirupur district also attempted suicide.

DMK and AIADMK cadres clashed on the Lloyd’s Road near Gopalapuram. AIADMK men also pelted stones at Subramanian Swamy’s residence at Santhome in Chennai.

Police resorted to massive deployment in sensitive areas in the city as a precautionary measure to avert major law and order break down. They had to resort to lathicharge to control the mob and there were reports of people getting injured in these scuffles.

More tension is expected as AIADMK workers were leaving in groups from the party headquarters on the Lloyd’s Road. Local municipal councillors were leading the protests and road blockades at various parts in Chennai.

Agitated AIADMK members in Trichy stormed into shops and threatened the shopkeepers.

source: times of india

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