Chennai: Amid the murders taking place in Tamil Nadu and the successive criminal allegations against members of the ruling TVK party causing a major stir, Chief Minister Vijay has ordered senior officials to closely monitor the law and order situation and take action. He is also holding an important consultation with party MLAs today.
Opposition parties including the DMK and AIADMK have been continuously criticizing that law and order in Tamil Nadu has deteriorated and that crimes have increased. In particular, it is said that 11 murders took place across Tamil Nadu on a single day, Diwali. In this situation, Chief Minister Vijay held a consultation yesterday at the Secretariat with senior officials regarding the state's law and order situation.
In this meeting, Chief Secretary M. Sai Kumar, Home Secretary A. Karthik, DGP Mahesh Kumar Agarwal, Law and Order ADGP Anbu, Intelligence IG Asra Garg, Chennai Commissioner Amalraj, and other department officials took part. The meeting, chaired by Chief Minister Vijay and lasting about 20 minutes, discussed the law and order situation in the state.
Recent criminal incidents, including murders, the progress of investigations into them, and the measures being taken by the police department to prevent crime were discussed.
It is reported that Chief Minister Vijay has instructed the police to intensify appropriate precautionary and surveillance measures so that law and order problems do not arise anywhere in the state.
In particular, if complaints are received regarding crimes against women and children, immediate action must be taken without any delay, and police officials have been warned that strict action will be taken against those who perform their duties negligently, according to reports.
On the other hand, the actions of the ruling party members are also coming under controversy. In particular, the allegations against Deputy Speaker of the Legislative Assembly Ravishankar and Kallakurichi constituency TVK MLA Arul Vignesh have caused shockwaves.
Karthik Kumar, a resident of Kannapiran Colony in Thuraiyur, Tiruchirappalli district, met constituency MLA and Legislative Assembly Deputy Speaker Ravichandran in person and complained that drinking water supply in his area had not been regular for a week and that garbage had not been removed, asking him to take action on the matter. A video later surfaced causing a stir, showing Ravichandran allegedly abusing Karthik Kumar with inappropriate words, assaulting him, and driving him away.
But suddenly, another video was released in which Karthik Kumar appears to say, “The Deputy Speaker did not attack me.” Later, Karthik Kumar stated, “Since threats were issued to my life and my family, I had no choice but to speak that way in that video.”
He also alleged, “Mannachanallur Inspector Kripanidhi forcibly took me to Ravishankar’s house. There, Ravishankar and the inspector together threatened me.”
Meanwhile, opposition parties alleged that Kallakurichi constituency TVK MLA Arul Vignesh sent obscene text messages to District Collector Padmaja and went to her house to create trouble, and that police protection had been deployed at the Collector’s residence because of this. These two issues have stirred up a storm in Tamil Nadu politics.
In this situation, the party’s disciplinary action committee meeting is being held today at the TVK headquarters in Panaiyur, Chennai. Party leader Vijay is presiding over the meeting. Key office-bearers, including the party’s general secretary and minister N. Anand, will participate and conduct an inquiry with the concerned MLAs.
The party leadership has ordered that all TVK MLAs must attend this meeting without fail. It is said that disciplinary action may be taken by the party against the MLAs concerned. Furthermore, at this meeting, Vijay and N. Anand are expected to discuss issues such as preventing MLAs from getting caught in controversies repeatedly, how to behave with the public, and how to act without damaging the party’s reputation.
955 people, including 443 rowdies, arrested: In the wake of Chief Minister Vijay holding an emergency consultation with officials regarding law and order, police conducted a statewide search operation over the past 48 hours and arrested 955 people, including 443 rowdies.
Police conducted checks on 8,626 history-sheet criminals across the state. Of these, 443 people were arrested and sent to judicial custody. Similarly, 77 people involved in the illegal sale of narcotics were arrested.
167 people involved in old cases related to murder and assault were arrested and sent to judicial custody. 195 people were arrested for drinking alcohol in public places. 1,057 people associated with criminal gangs were monitored and checked. During this 2-day special operation, 73 non-bailable warrants issued against absconding offenders were also executed.
