PUDUKKOTTAI: A derogatory audio message about a particular community resulted in violence at Ponnamaravathi in Pudukkottai district of Tamil Nadu on Friday with other people from the community throwing stones at policemen, destructive the federal government buses and police vehicles.
Prohibitory orders under Section 144 of the CrPc used to be imposed in Ponnamaravathi taluk to stop additional escalation of hysteria.
Tension gripped Poonamaravathi the town and surrounding spaces after more than 5,000 men and women from the community converged in entrance of the local police station difficult arrest of miscreants who spread the audio clip towards their community.
Prior to that, they broken the vehicles parked on roadsides.
Though superintendent of police (SP S Selvaraj intervened and eased the placement, the protests became violent when the indignant mob tried to gather near Ponnamaravathi police station and threw stones at police vehicles and the policemen.
The incident left four police vehicles and two executive buses broken and two policemen injured.
The police resorted to lathicharge and brought the violence under keep an eye on within the afternoon.
As information spread, rigidity again surfaced. Irate other people resorted to the blockade by way of felling timber on Pudukkottai-Ponnamaravathi Road. Traffic used to be affected at the highway.
“The issue is under keep an eye on. We are intently tracking. The action is on to arrest the ones indulging in violence,” inspector basic of police (IG), central zone V Varadharaju informed TOI.
He said that they had been clueless concerning the other people speaking within the audio message.
Deputy inspector basic of police, Trichy range, R Lalitha Lakshmi used to be camping within the area.
Prohibitory orders under Section 144 of the CrPc used to be imposed in Ponnamaravathi taluk to stop additional escalation of hysteria.
Tension gripped Poonamaravathi the town and surrounding spaces after more than 5,000 men and women from the community converged in entrance of the local police station difficult arrest of miscreants who spread the audio clip towards their community.
Prior to that, they broken the vehicles parked on roadsides.
Though superintendent of police (SP S Selvaraj intervened and eased the placement, the protests became violent when the indignant mob tried to gather near Ponnamaravathi police station and threw stones at police vehicles and the policemen.
The incident left four police vehicles and two executive buses broken and two policemen injured.
The police resorted to lathicharge and brought the violence under keep an eye on within the afternoon.
As information spread, rigidity again surfaced. Irate other people resorted to the blockade by way of felling timber on Pudukkottai-Ponnamaravathi Road. Traffic used to be affected at the highway.
“The issue is under keep an eye on. We are intently tracking. The action is on to arrest the ones indulging in violence,” inspector basic of police (IG), central zone V Varadharaju informed TOI.
He said that they had been clueless concerning the other people speaking within the audio message.
Deputy inspector basic of police, Trichy range, R Lalitha Lakshmi used to be camping within the area.
Derogatory audio about community sparks violence
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