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Rejecting the disapproval of the Opposition parties and others astir the onslaught connected an Odisha younker successful Tiruttani past week, Inspector-General of Police (North Zone) Asra Garg said connected Tuesday that the preliminary probe yielded nary grounds to amusement the onslaught by 4 boys was motivated by his northbound Indian identity.
Addressing media persons here, Mr. Garg, on with Tiruvallur SP Vivekanand Shukla, said, “We examined his mentation successful the ailment and the FIR and recovered that the incidental stemmed from a quality aft helium questioned the boys arsenic to wherefore they were staring astatine him. It was not wholly owed to his being from northbound India.”
On December 27, the younker was attacked by 2 of the 4 boys with a sickle portion travelling successful a train. When the bid reached Tiruttani, they forced him to get down. Using 2 sickles, they attacked him again adjacent the railway quarters. They besides videographed the onslaught and circulated the video connected societal media.
Mr. Garg said that according to preliminary reports, the affected antheral was not a impermanent idiosyncratic and was not doing immoderate enactment astatine all. He travelled connected trains to antithetic towns successful Tamil Nadu without immoderate purpose. “After the incidental was reported, aesculapian assistance was fixed to the unfortunate immediately. He was taken archetypal to a infirmary successful Tiruvallur and referred to the territory office hospital. From there, helium was taken to Rajiv Gandhi Government General Hospital successful Chennai,” helium said.
“A lawsuit was registered instantly connected receipt of the victim’s ailment nether Section 109 (attempt to murder) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, the astir stringent proviso invoked successful this case. An ex-serviceman was engaged arsenic an interpreter astatine the constabulary station, and the ailment was recorded based connected the victim’s statement,” helium added.
Investigation revealed that the offence was committed by 4 children successful struggle with instrumentality with the volition of uploading Instagram reels. They were apprehended and produced earlier the Juvenile Justice Board. Three of them were sent to the spot of safety, Chengalpattu, and 1 was released connected bail. Mr. Garg said the depletion of drugs by the boys was the taxable of the investigation.
The constabulary officers added that since the unfortunate was retired of danger, helium near the infirmary connected his own.
Mr. Garg said determination was nary consciousness of fearfulness among northbound Indian workers successful Tiruvallur oregon successful the concern belts of Chengalpattu and Kancheepuram. “As you are aware, thousands of migrant labourers are moving successful these areas, and nary specified incidents person occurred. Guest workers are nether our adjacent ticker done HR teams and regular constabulary patrolling, and contiguous enactment is taken upon visiting the spot. If request be, arrests person been made,” helium said.
“We are besides monitoring societal media reels done which specified incidents often travel to light. Cases person been registered successful respective instances involving insignificant offences; successful immoderate cases, those progressive were warned, and among them were schoolhouse students. We are afloat alert of the concern and making our champion efforts to support instrumentality and order,” Mr. Garg said.
PMK founder’s plea
Pattali Makkal Katchi laminitis S. Ramadoss has urged the authorities to enactment against those selling narcotic substances. In a statement, helium said the proliferation of narcotic substances crossed the State led students and younker down the incorrect path. He pointed to the Tiruttani incidental and the akin 1 astatine Virudhachalam successful September past year, successful which 3 youths forced a young antheral to kneel, assaulted him with robust rods and woody sticks, and posted the video connected societal media platforms.
‘Fear among the people’
Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) president Vijay said the aboriginal of the younker successful Tamil Nadu was being ruined by the proliferation of narcotic substances. He said the Tiruttani incidental had created fearfulness among the radical and shaken the corporate conscience implicit the absorption successful which the State was heading.
