TINDIVANAM: Police fired tear gas and resorted to a lathicharge on residents staging a demonstration at Rettanai village near Mailam on Saturday. As many as 15 persons and two policemen suffered injuries.
The residents were protesting against the local body for distributing low wages under the National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme in Rettanai village panchayat.
Protesting against the block development officer’s move to distribute Rs 40 as a daily wage to the workers, more than 500 residents, including 400 women, demanded that the BDO, Elango, distribute Rs 80 as daily wage. Tasildar Kalyanam and Elango were making efforts to pacify the residents when a large number of police personnel arrived and demanded that the protestors disperse.
Rettanai Village Panchayat president, Kalaiselvan, was appealing to the police not to intervene in the discussion when they allegedly attacked him. Noticing this, residents pelted stones at the police. A few police vehicles were also damaged. After this, police fired tear gas at the protestors.
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