Perambalur Collectorate scuffle | 12, including members of DMK, arrested
The Hindu
Police arrested 12 persons in Perambalur for scuffle between DMK and BJP at Deputy Director of Geology and Mining office. Arrested persons are members of DMK and from Perambalur and Ariyalur districts. They were charged under IPC and TN Property Act. The scuffle broke out on Oct 30, the last day for submission of bids for granite quarry auction. Several officials and police personnel were injured and govt property damaged. Auction was suspended by district admin.
The Perambalur district police on Wednesday, arrested 12 persons in connection with a scuffle that broke out between members of the DMK and the BJP, at the office of the Deputy Director of Geology and Mining, in the Perambalur District Collectorate on October 30, 2023.
Police sources identified the arrested persons as K. Anbazhagan, 47; P. Dharmaraj, 30; A. Kudiyarasan, 46; R. Anbuselvan, 36; P. Lenin, 48; G. Karunanidhi, 37; P. Elankannan, 33; M. Selvam, 33; P. Periyasamy, 43; P. Marimuthu, 43; P. Sivakumar, 51; and K. Karunanidhi, 33, all natives of Perambalur and Ariyalur districts. Some of the arrested persons are members of the DMK, police sources said.
The men were arrested in a case registered under various sections of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and Tamil Nadu Property (Prevention of Damage and Loss) Act at the Perambalur police station, based on a complaint preferred by P. Jayapal, Assistant Director, Department of Geology and Mining.
October 30 was the last day for the submission of bids for the auction of granite quarries. A group of DMK members allegedly prevented BJP members from submitting bids for the auction, and a scuffle broke out between them. Several government officials and police personnel were also assaulted, and government property was damaged. Some of those injured were treated at the Perambalur Government Headquarters Hospital as out-patients.
The auction, scheduled for October 31, was temporarily suspended by the district administration citing administrative reasons.
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