Chinnasalem Riot | “This is what happens when the hands of the police are tied…” – High-ranking police official Chinnasalem riots

The district police, who came to control the riots in Chinnasalem yesterday, also fell prey to the violence of the protestors. According to a senior police officer who was injured, the police chief is advising them to deal with the protesters gently.

I don’t know if our hands are tied and we are told to kneel to the stone pelter. With so many policemen injured, law and order will be perfect only if the police chief wakes up.

Otherwise, the situation will arise where the police will have to take a step back like this, he said with apprehension.

DGP probe at the spot

Tamil Nadu Home Secretary Panindar Reddy and Tamil Nadu DGP Sailendrababu jointly inspected the places where the violence took place last evening. They went inside the school premises and visited the place where the student allegedly fell down and died and asked the SP about it.

Inspected the violence-damaged school with the authorities
Tamil Nadu DGP Sailendrababu. Picture: M.Samraj.

Later, both of them visited school rooms that were set on fire and vehicles that were set on fire. From there, Shailendrababu directly met the injured policemen who were being treated at the Kallakurichi Government Hospital and expressed his condolences. Later he also visited the body of the student. Kallakurichi Collector PN Sreedhar was present at that time.

DGP alert

DGP Shailendrababu held a consultation with top intelligence and police officials in Chennai regarding the incident. Later, the DGP told reporters: “They have indulged in great violence in the name of protest.” Police officers pelted stones on the police. They have been involved in incidents like setting schools and buses on fire and burning police vehicles.

If you look at the people involved in the violence, they do not look like the relatives of the student. Security has been beefed up at the spot under the leadership of Additional DGP Thamaraikannan (Law and Order). Strict action will be taken against all involved in rioting.

The woman constable was injured in the protest and fell unconscious.

We will use all the video recordings to identify and arrest the perpetrators of violence one by one. All citizens should remain calm. The police investigation is going well. There will be no need for CBCID investigation in the student death case. This is what he said.