India sends team to Pak for SCO meet

A delegation from India is set to attend the Pakistan- hosted Shanghai Cooperation Organisation- Regional Anti-terrorist Structure legal experts meeting from May 23 to 25 in Islamabad at a time when New Delhi has been accusing Pakistan of carrying out crossborder terrorism.

Selvaraj and Maniraj.

After police firing, the protesters left the collector’s office but turned their wrath against families of Sterlite employees in the residential quarters — Thamirai — and burnt around 25 cars and two wheelers.

The mob fury did not spare the state- owned buses parked in Thoothukudi old bus stand. According to police, around 32 buses were damaged.

Initially, women protesters were in the first row and the police could not take harsh action as they moved forward. However, as the number of people in the march increased, the police attempted to stop the them at VVD traffic signal on Palayamkottai main road. At this point, some protesters pelted stones at the

police, who ran for their safety.

Around one- km away, 50 policemen led by Tirunelveli district superintendent of police Arun Sakthikumar unsuccessfully tried to stop the procession from marching towards the district collector’s office by firing tear gas shells.

The firing of tear gas triggered mob fury leading to attacks on the police. Three of the policemen were severely injured as the mob surrounded them and attacked them and managed to reach the collector’s office.