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Following the decease of a man, Alagupandi, who was questioned by Kariyapatti constabulary successful transportation with a motorbike theft, implicit 100 persons staged a roadworthy blockade successful Kariyapatti demanding enactment against a constabulary informer for allegedly demanding ₹20,000 from him for not registering a theft lawsuit against him, connected Sunday.
Windscreen of a TNSTC autobus was smashed successful a chromatic pelting incidental during the protestation held astatine Kariyapatti junction. Earlier, his relatives and villagers of Achampatti laid a siege to Kariyapatti constabulary station.
According to police, Alagupandi was questioned by the constabulary successful October and was aboriginal fto off.
However, Arjunan had insisted that Alagupandi should wage ₹20,000 to forestall the constabulary from booking him successful the theft case.
This led to Alagupandi taking utmost measurement connected Friday. He died astatine the Virudhunagar Government Medical College hospital.
The household members demanded that that Arjunan should beryllium arrested for instigating Alagupandi to extremity his beingness by mode of threatening him with constabulary action.
Even arsenic the constabulary managed to pacify the agitators who squatted successful beforehand of the constabulary station, a conception of the protestors blocked roadworthy astatine the junction and pelted stones connected the bus, the constabulary said.
Police picketing person been posted successful antithetic places successful Kariyapatti arsenic the agitators person warned that they would not judge the assemblage if the constabulary failed to apprehension Arjunan.
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