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AIADMK wide caput Edappadi K. Palaniswami connected Sunday said the decease of 41 radical astatine histrion and TVK laminitis Vijay’s rally successful Karur could person been averted, had the authorities taken precautionary measures.
Citing The Hindu’s Ground Zero report, ‘In Karur, wherever determination was nary mode out’, published connected Saturday, Mr. Palaniswami urged those “trying to fell the mistakes of the State government, which failed to guarantee due information arrangements, to work this article, realise the information and talk accordingly”.
“The radical expect the committee of enquiry to look into the disorder implicit the information arrangements,” helium added.
Citing a first-person relationship from the report, Mr. Palaniswami said, “Why were much radical allowed into the venue erstwhile determination was a important hold that ran into respective hours aft the permitted clip period? It is lone just that specified questions are raised against the administration.”
Referring to different account, Mr. Palaniswami said, “Why were the organisers not asked astir precautionary measures? It is lone earthy that determination would beryllium panic if determination was a powerfulness cut. Did the Superintendent of Police telephone a gathering implicit the information arrangements for specified events? Were requirements specified arsenic drinking h2o discussed? There is nary accusation astir that.”
“If determination is nary program for immoderate of these, it is lone earthy to wonderment if the ruling enactment intended for specified incidents to happen. Above all, wherefore didn’t the constabulary forestall the gathering of astir 25,000 radical erstwhile the venue could accommodate lone astir 10,000 people?” helium said.
It was wide that the police, who were acrophobic astir facilitating the entry, transition and extortion of Mr. Vijay’s conveyance amidst the crowd, did not person the aforesaid interest for the wide public, helium alleged.
Pointing to the connection of Additional Director-General of Police (Law & Order) S. Davidson Devasirvatham that determination was 1 policeman for each 20 individuals astatine the event, Mr. Palaniswami said, “Probably, it whitethorn beryllium the norm due to the fact that helium initially said astir 500 unit were progressive successful security. But helium did not notation to the figures ever again.”
He said the radical were referring to photographs and video clips from the venue to contend that constabulary unit were not contiguous successful ample numbers. “There are facts shared by the affected radical and those contiguous astatine the site. They tin neither beryllium rejected nor hidden,” the erstwhile Chief Minister said.
