Violence by students in Chennai
Posted on: 22/Mar/2013 10:20:19 AM
The peacefully protesting college students resorted to violence in Chennai and Puducherry over the past two days. Almost 2,000 students were arrested when they took to the streets. They were part of the Students’ Federation for Free Eelam.
Union Home Minister P. Chidambaram’s house in Nungambakkam was attacked. Students climbed the gate but security personnel prevented them from getting in. Similarly, there was an attempt to picket Shastri Bhavan. Karthik, a student from a Meenambakkam college, slit his wrist when arrested and had to be rushed to the hospital. When asked why they were taking such extreme steps, one of the protestors said, ‘We don’t care about the resolution. We first want a free Eelam’.
