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TN Assembly passes Jallikattu Bill as protests turn violent

CHENNAI: Tamil Nadu Assembly has passed a Bill to replace an ordinance that will allow Jallikattu to be played in the state on a day when what has been protests — so far peaceful — turned violent.

TN Assembly passes Jallikattu Bill as protests turn violent

A pro-Jallikattu protester throwing bottles at police personnel during a clash near Marina Beach in Chennai on Monday. PTI



Chennai/Coimbatore, January 23

Tamil Nadu Assembly has passed a Bill to replace an ordinance that will allow Jallikattu to be played in the state on a day when what has been protests — so far peaceful — turned violent.

Police began to clear Chennai’s Marina Beach early on Monday morning, with roads that lead to beach being sealed off. Several protests refused to leave: while some formed a human chain along the seashore, others sat in protests and still some others regrouped in areas nearby.

Police used tear shells and baton charge to disperse a group that has reassembled near Triplicane, a few kilometers from Marina Beach, and allegedly hurled stones at police.

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 The development comes after a week of peaceful protests for lifting a ban on Jallikattu, a popular rural bull taming sport. Protests continued even after the state government promulgated an ordinance to allow the sport to be played.

Protesters however refused to climb down: they want a more permanent solution  — amendment of the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act.

TV visuals showed men and women in khaki physically removing protesters from the beach.

In Coimbatore, police forcibly evicted the protesters from VOC Park Grounds, a site of protests for the past week, after appeals to have them cleared fell on deaf ears,

Policewomen were seen escorting women agitators, some elderly people and some women with children, out of the grounds.

Police claimed some 300 protesters had to be bodily removed from the protests site.

Protesting against the police action, some youths formed a human chain on the main Avanashi chain and police used 'mild' cane charge to disperse them, police said.

Some protesters held demonstrations near the Central Jail, some 200 metres from the venue, prompting the police to take into custody nearly 300 people, they said.

Police said they had cleared the ground, venue for the Republic Day function, and it is under control of the district administration and police.

Protests are reportedly continuing in Madurai with demonstrators allegedly throwing stones at police in Alanganallur, a major centre for the sport. Police claimed 20 people, many of them policemen, were injured in stone pelting by protesters. Roads near the protest venue were strewn with stones, glass pieces and logs.

Police claim Alanganallur village is now under police control.

In Madurai, Additional SP Murugesh held talks with protesting students and urged them to disperse. One woman was injured in the scuffle between police and protesters.

Police claimed some protesters belonged to ultra-left organisations such Puthia Jananayakam, CPI(ML) and Revolutionary Youth Front of India. — Agencies

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