MADURAI: Police on Thursday booked two French newshounds for allegedly trespassing right into a restricted house belonging to Indian Rare Earths Limited at Manavalakurichi in Kanyakumari district of Tamil Nadu on Monday.
While the French nationals may not be questioned as they hurriedly returned to France the similar day, police quizzed a neighborhood parish priest and a neighborhood journalist and his spouse until Thursday.
Police mentioned French nationals Arthur Roland Rene and Jules Damien have been investigative newshounds who had come on a vacationer visa.
The Manavalakurichi police booked them below Section 447 (punishment for prison trespass) of the Indian Penal Code read with sections 14(A) (penalty for access in restricted areas, and many others.), 14(B) (penalty for the use of cast passport) and 14(C) (penalty for abetment) of the Foreigners Act 1946.
Superintendent of police (SP) of Kanyakumari district N Shreenath instructed TOI that the duo used to travel to various countries on vacationer visas, shoot videos and take footage and sent them to television channels in Europe.
“They came to Kanyakumari on a pre-planned talk over with to shoot for a story on beach sand mining,” he mentioned.
The French newshounds landed in Delhi on November 11. With the help of a journalist in Chennai, they got assist from Ananth Kumar of Coimbatore, who is a contract journalist with a Tamil satellite tv for pc television channel, and Manakudi parish priest Father Cletus.
Ananth had additionally introduced his friend, Sriram, with him to accompany him for 3 days.
The French nationals and others reached Kanyakumari on November 23 and have been shooting videos in various puts.
Around 10.30am on November 26 (Monday), they reached Indian Rare Earths Limited at Manavalakurichi. “A signboard stating this is a ‘prohibited house’ is there at the entrance of the premises. The public, particularly international nationals, are not allowed there. But the French newshounds and those accompanying them trespassed and began shooting videos and taking pictures,” the SP mentioned.
Alerted via IRE group of workers, the local police rushed to the spot.
Sensing the location, the newshounds left the spot. Ananth Kumar allegedly took them to Thiruvananthapuram airport, from where they took a flight to any other domestic airport after which flew to France. It used to be following those tendencies that the police began quizzing Ananth Kumar, Cletus and Sriram.
The SP denied allegations of illegal detention of Ananth and Sriram. He mentioned the duo stayed in a hotel in Kanyakumari, from where they gave the impression for questioning via the police.
“They have been free to transport round, and their cell phones weren't seized as alleged via some other people on the social media,” he mentioned and added that they weren't allowed to make use of their cell phones when they had been questioned.
Police sources mentioned a case used to be registered in opposition to Cletus whilst no case used to be registered in opposition to Ananth Kumar and Sriram.
It is learnt that Ananth acted because the guide of the French newshounds and helped them out with the translation, whilst Sriram just accompanied Ananth Kumar.
While the French nationals may not be questioned as they hurriedly returned to France the similar day, police quizzed a neighborhood parish priest and a neighborhood journalist and his spouse until Thursday.
Police mentioned French nationals Arthur Roland Rene and Jules Damien have been investigative newshounds who had come on a vacationer visa.
The Manavalakurichi police booked them below Section 447 (punishment for prison trespass) of the Indian Penal Code read with sections 14(A) (penalty for access in restricted areas, and many others.), 14(B) (penalty for the use of cast passport) and 14(C) (penalty for abetment) of the Foreigners Act 1946.
Superintendent of police (SP) of Kanyakumari district N Shreenath instructed TOI that the duo used to travel to various countries on vacationer visas, shoot videos and take footage and sent them to television channels in Europe.
“They came to Kanyakumari on a pre-planned talk over with to shoot for a story on beach sand mining,” he mentioned.
The French newshounds landed in Delhi on November 11. With the help of a journalist in Chennai, they got assist from Ananth Kumar of Coimbatore, who is a contract journalist with a Tamil satellite tv for pc television channel, and Manakudi parish priest Father Cletus.
Ananth had additionally introduced his friend, Sriram, with him to accompany him for 3 days.
The French nationals and others reached Kanyakumari on November 23 and have been shooting videos in various puts.
Around 10.30am on November 26 (Monday), they reached Indian Rare Earths Limited at Manavalakurichi. “A signboard stating this is a ‘prohibited house’ is there at the entrance of the premises. The public, particularly international nationals, are not allowed there. But the French newshounds and those accompanying them trespassed and began shooting videos and taking pictures,” the SP mentioned.
Alerted via IRE group of workers, the local police rushed to the spot.
Sensing the location, the newshounds left the spot. Ananth Kumar allegedly took them to Thiruvananthapuram airport, from where they took a flight to any other domestic airport after which flew to France. It used to be following those tendencies that the police began quizzing Ananth Kumar, Cletus and Sriram.
The SP denied allegations of illegal detention of Ananth and Sriram. He mentioned the duo stayed in a hotel in Kanyakumari, from where they gave the impression for questioning via the police.
“They have been free to transport round, and their cell phones weren't seized as alleged via some other people on the social media,” he mentioned and added that they weren't allowed to make use of their cell phones when they had been questioned.
Police sources mentioned a case used to be registered in opposition to Cletus whilst no case used to be registered in opposition to Ananth Kumar and Sriram.
It is learnt that Ananth acted because the guide of the French newshounds and helped them out with the translation, whilst Sriram just accompanied Ananth Kumar.
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