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  • Police personnel injured in stone pelting near Madurai

    Police personnel injured in stone pelting near Madurai

    A mob attacked the police team in the early hours of Tuesday when they tried to remove the idol installed without permission.

    A mob of over 200 people pelted stones at a police team in which five police personnel, including a Deputy Superintendent of Police, were injured and some police vehicles, a fire tender and an ambulance were damaged near Melur in Madurai in the early hours. Tuesday.

    Additional Superintendent of Police.S. A police team led by Vanitha reached the Kottalpatti police range under the Kottampatti police station on Monday midnight when they were reported to have planted the statue of Muthuramalinga Thevar without permission. Local residents had late night installed a five-foot-high cement statue near the village grounds.

    When the police officers along with the revenue officers tried to remove the idol, a mob objecting to the removal of the idol suddenly started throwing stones at the police officers.

    “One of them switched off the power supply by turning off the transformer,” said a police officer. Using the darkness of the pitch, the mob surrounded the small police force and started throwing stones.

    Although the police turned on the power within five minutes, by then the police personnel sustained injuries.

    Deputy Superintendent of Police (Omachikkulam), Vijayakumar, due to injuries sustained. He has been admitted to a private hospital in Madurai. Other injured include Subhan, a police sub-inspector of Kottampatti, Suthan, a special sub-inspector of police, Palanyappan and two special police constables from Tamil Nadu, Deendayalan and Arunakumar. All the injured have been admitted to the Government Hospital in Melur.

    Police said vehicles belonging to ADSP, DSP, a fire tender and an ambulance were damaged in the incident.

    Police said the idol was removed and brought to the Melur taluk office.

    Deputy Inspector General of Police (Madurai), R. Sudhakar and Superintendent of Police Sujit Kumar inspected the crime scene.

    Police have picked up 15 suspects in this connection.

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  • Tension on Ambil after stone pelting

    Tension on Ambil after stone pelting

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    Tension prevailed in Ambil village in the district on Wednesday after a group allegedly threw stones at each other while taking out a procession of Goddess Amman from the nearby Shiva temple to Sri Achira Valliamman temple for a festival for police intervention. Done. Some policemen and groups who were injuring Devi in ​​the stone pelting.

    As a sequel to the incident, the Collector enforced prohibitory orders under Section 144 of the Criminal Procedure Code along with picket in the village and its surrounding areas to prevent further outbreak of any untoward incident.

    Police sources said that the temple festival at Arulmigu Achirma Valli Amman Temple, which was celebrated by people from various villages including Kiza Anabil and Mela Anbil during the Tamil month of Masi, was not held every year after a dispute for nearly 25 years Gaya who was born after a group. Demanded that the procession of the deity be removed through their streets.

    However, an order was issued last year by the Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court to conduct the festival on the basis of an appeal with some instructions. Sources said that the officials of HR and CE department interacted with the two communities to ensure peaceful celebrations this year based on the guidelines issued by the High Court last year. On Tuesday night, a problem arose on the procession route after which the revenue officials held talks with both the groups for the smooth running of the festival.

    After obtaining permission from the revenue authorities, the deity of Goddess Amman was being taken in procession by a group. Police said about 20 individuals from a group were detained and brought to the station for questioning. Further investigation is underway.

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