Arappor Iyakkam condemns attack during public hearing on illegal quarries in Tirunelveli

Arappor Iyakkam has condemned a convulsive onslaught allegedly carried retired by quarry supporters during a nationalist proceeding connected November 2 successful Tirunelveli, wherever residents shared the interaction of amerciable chromatic quarries connected their lives.

Around 25 men, claiming to beryllium lawyers supporting quarry owners, stormed the gathering and attacked V Suresh, National Secretary of People’s Union For Civil Liberties (PUCL) and different participants. Mr Suresh sustained a caput injury.

At a condemnation gathering held successful Chennai connected Sunday, Arappor coordinator Jayaram Venkatesan said the battle was a retaliatory enactment for exposing quarry-related irregularities and amerciable mineral extraction worthy implicit ₹600 crore successful Tirunelveli.

Arappor alleged that constabulary person not taken enactment against the attackers and that the FIR was filed incompletely to support them. The organisation demanded the closure of amerciable quarries, transgression enactment against those progressive successful the attack, and extortion of citizens’ close to escaped expression. It vowed to proceed documenting people’s grievances and property for authorities action.