The incident in which ADMK cadres were violently assaulted by DMK cadres for reportedly attempting to stop illegal sand mining has stirred outrage in Kumbakonam.
The alleged incident occurred in Kariyapatticheri, Thiruvidaimaruthur village, in Kumbakonam district, where the DMK panchayat chairman Gunasekharan and his men were involved in illegal sand mining.
The illegal sand mining by the DMK leader was stopped after ADMK cadres of that area made a compliant to the district collector. Enraged by the stopping of illegal sand mining, DMK panchayat chairman Gunasekharan and his brother Kannan dispatched hitmen to an ADMK cadre’s home and office, who filed a complaint with the collector and smashed all of his possessions.
ADMK cadre Soundararajan and his friend Natarajan were seriously hurt in the incident, and Natarajan was taken to the Kumbakonam government hospital. Despite filing an official complaint, Soundararajan and Natarajan allege that the police are not taking action against the DMK chairman. People in the area were enraged by the DMK cadres’ anarchic behaviour.
(with inputs from NewsJ)
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