The Tamil Nadu Government today ordered a judicial probe into the police action on a group of villagers protesting 'low wages' under the National Rural Employment Guarantee scheme near Villupuram, about 150 km from Chennai, that left some persons injured on Saturday.
Chief Minister M Karunanidhi ordered the probe following reports submitted by Union Minister of State for Law K Venkatapathy and state Higher Education Minister K Ponmudi, who were deputed by him on a fact-finding mission, Villupuram District Collector R Palanisamy said in a release.
Refuting any irregularity in the payment of wages under the centrally-sponsored scheme, Local Administration Minister and Karunanidhi's son M K Stalin said in Madurai that the protest was 'instigated by some political brokers to bring disrepute to the government.'
Palanisamy said Karunanidhi had also announced a solatium of Rs 50,000 from the Chief Minister's Welfare Fund to a teenager, who was injured in the incident.
Further action would be initiated after the report was submitted to the government, he said adding an RDO inquiry had also been ordered into the incident.
Police made a lathicharge and burst tear gas shells to disperse the protestors, numbering around 500, who protested against the local body over the wages paid under the scheme at Rettanai in Villupuram district. While some villagers alleged police also opened fire, the District Collector said the probe had been ordered into the police lathicharge.
Speaking at a government function, Stalin claimed Tamil Nadu stood first in the country in the implementation of the scheme and was giving the maximum wage of "Rs 80 per day".
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