VCK Cadres Attack Puratchi Tamilagam Chief Airport Moorthy Outside DGP Office In Chennai

A dramatic incident outside the Tamil Nadu DGP office in Chennai has sparked outrage, after Puratchi Tamilagam party chief Airport Moorthy was allegedly attacked by four unidentified individuals believed to be associated with the Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi (VCK).

The incident occurred while Moorthy was present at the DGP office to support a group submitting a petition seeking security for PMK founder Dr. S. Ramadoss. As he approached the entrance, a group of men reportedly confronted him and hit him with a slippers an act believed to be in retaliation for Moorthy’s past alleged derogatory remarks about VCK leader Thol. Thirumavalavan.

Eyewitnesses, including several journalists, witnessed the attack, which happened in full public view and in the presence of police officers stationed outside the DGP headquarters. The assailants fled the scene immediately after the confrontation.

Speaking to the media after the incident, Airport Moorthy strongly condemned the attack and accused the police and the state government of being aware of or complicit in the assault, given the high-security nature of the DGP office premises.

The assault has triggered political tensions and renewed debates about law and order in Tamil Nadu, especially concerning the use of violence in political rivalries.

In response to the act several leaders condemned the act of public leader assaulted blatantly. Tamil Nadu BJP president Nainar Nagendran slammed, “Does threatening the safety of opposition parties constitute the Dravidian model? The attack on Mr. Airport Moorthy, leader of the Puratchi Thamizhagam party, by VCK members right on the Chennai Police Headquarters is highly condemnable. Who gave them the courage to attack a party leader in the capital city of Chennai, and that too inside a police office? After an attempt to murder a political party functionary at a town panchayat office yesterday, the attack on another party leader at a police office today clearly shows that law and order in Tamil Nadu is not even on paper. The fact that the attackers are from an allied party of the ruling government, and the police stood by helplessly without preventing it raises the suspicion that leading Tamil Nadu on a path of violence is the DMK government’s plan. Given these continuous attacks on members of opposition parties, the @arivalayam government should at least now come forward to restore law and order. Furthermore, the culprits who attacked brother Mr. Airport Moorthy should be arrested without any political bias.”