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Tension prevailed astatine Periya Kottakuppam connected East Coast Road aft hundreds of fisherwomen tied ropes astir their necks and staged a protestation by wading into the oversea successful protestation against measurement of onshore and demarcation of bound of a burial ground.
According to the police, hostility had been brewing for sometime betwixt Dalits belonging to Periya Kottakuppam and fishermen belonging to Nadukuppam coastal hamlet implicit accessing a burial crushed belonging to the former.
The disagreement implicit the country utilized by the Dalits and the spot wherever the fishermen anchored their boats had led to repeated hostility betwixt the 2 groups. On June 6, the Dalits attempted to hide the assemblage of 1 Boomilingam who had died of earthy causes astatine the burial crushed successful Periya Kottakuppam. The fishermen reportedly attacked the Dalits leaving 8 injured.
Meanwhile, a bid gathering was convened and gross officials agreed to measurement the disputed burial crushed and to region the boats anchored by the fishermen. When officials reached Periya Kottakuppam connected Tuesday, a ample fig of fisherwomen gathered astatine the site.
They tied ropes astir their necks and waded into the oversea triggering tension. The constabulary attempted to restrain them resulting successful insignificant skirmish. A squad of gross officials reached the spot and began surveying the disputed country amid heated arguments from the protesters.
The constabulary restrained the protesters pursuing which officials measured the disputed country and began removing the boats amid choky constabulary protection. The concern is present nether control. A immense posse of constabulary unit person been deployed successful the country to forestall immoderate untoward incident, a constabulary authoritative said.
