Day after police firing, state shifts Tuticorin collector, SP
Oppn Had Demanded Immediate Transfers
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
Chennai: 24.05.2018
A day after 10 people were killed in police firing in Tuticorin in the wake of anti-Sterlite protests, the Tamil Nadu government on Wednesday shunted out collector N Venkatesh and superintendent of police P Mahendran.
The transfer order came a few hours after the police opened fire again for the second day to disperse protesters near the Tuticorin government hospital. A 22-yearold youth died in the melee, raising the death toll to 11.
Tirunelveli collector Sandeep Nanduri will replace Venkatesh, who has been posted as additional state project director of Samagra Shiksha Abhiyan. Nilgiris SP Murali Rambha will be the new Tuticorin SP, replacing Mahendran, who will be the new deputy commissioner Chennai traffic (North). D Shanmuga Priya is the new SP of Nilgiris.
Opposition party leaders, who visited Tuticorin and met some of with the injured on Wednesday, slammed the government for intelligence failure and ‘mishandling’ of the protests.
They demanded the immediate transfer of the collector and SP, holding them responsible for the violence, their failure to anticipate the extent of protests and inability to assess the number of protestors, who marched towards the Tuticorin collectorate before violence broke out.
Sandeep Nanduri was in the news in October 2017 when a labourer, who had submitted several petitions at the Tirunelveli collectorate complaining of harassment from loan sharks, set fire to himself, his wife and two minor daughters on the collectorate premises.
All four died of serious burn injuries, prompting the collector to crack down on usury in the district.
Failure to take control of the situation even after several smaller protests took place sans permission in his jurisdiction since February this year, is also seen as a reason behind SP Mahendran being shifted out. Kumarettiyapuram villagers in Tuticorin began their protest on February 12 and once again in a bigger fashion with about 40,000 protesters on March 24 at VVD junction in the city.
The protesters further agitated in 20 more places often after the date, all ignored by the SP despite inputs from the state intelligence wing.
Collector N Venkatesh and SP Mahendran (right) transferred out of Tuticorin
Oppn Had Demanded Immediate Transfers
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
Chennai: 24.05.2018
A day after 10 people were killed in police firing in Tuticorin in the wake of anti-Sterlite protests, the Tamil Nadu government on Wednesday shunted out collector N Venkatesh and superintendent of police P Mahendran.
The transfer order came a few hours after the police opened fire again for the second day to disperse protesters near the Tuticorin government hospital. A 22-yearold youth died in the melee, raising the death toll to 11.
Tirunelveli collector Sandeep Nanduri will replace Venkatesh, who has been posted as additional state project director of Samagra Shiksha Abhiyan. Nilgiris SP Murali Rambha will be the new Tuticorin SP, replacing Mahendran, who will be the new deputy commissioner Chennai traffic (North). D Shanmuga Priya is the new SP of Nilgiris.
Opposition party leaders, who visited Tuticorin and met some of with the injured on Wednesday, slammed the government for intelligence failure and ‘mishandling’ of the protests.
They demanded the immediate transfer of the collector and SP, holding them responsible for the violence, their failure to anticipate the extent of protests and inability to assess the number of protestors, who marched towards the Tuticorin collectorate before violence broke out.
Sandeep Nanduri was in the news in October 2017 when a labourer, who had submitted several petitions at the Tirunelveli collectorate complaining of harassment from loan sharks, set fire to himself, his wife and two minor daughters on the collectorate premises.
All four died of serious burn injuries, prompting the collector to crack down on usury in the district.
Failure to take control of the situation even after several smaller protests took place sans permission in his jurisdiction since February this year, is also seen as a reason behind SP Mahendran being shifted out. Kumarettiyapuram villagers in Tuticorin began their protest on February 12 and once again in a bigger fashion with about 40,000 protesters on March 24 at VVD junction in the city.
The protesters further agitated in 20 more places often after the date, all ignored by the SP despite inputs from the state intelligence wing.
Collector N Venkatesh and SP Mahendran (right) transferred out of Tuticorin
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