QChennai: Order to Close Illegal Bars; Chinnathambi to Be Captured
Here is your roundup of the top stories from Chennai.
1. Close All Illegal Bars in Tamil Nadu, Says Madras High Court
Appalled over the report filed on behalf of the TASMAC that 3,326 FIRs are registered in connection with illegal bars running in the state, the Madras High Court has directed the secretary, home, prohibition and excise to close all illegal bars immediately and report to the court by 20 February.
The division bench gave the directive while passing interim orders on a petition filed by D Prabakaran of Coimbatore district which sought a direction to home and excise department to prevent and detect fraudulent acts in Tasmac in respect of issuing and collecting license fee from bars.
(Source: Deccan Chronicle)
2. Chinnathambi to Be Sent to Elephant Camp? Madras HC Orders Capture of the Jumbo
Putting an end to wild elephant Chinnathambi’s free run, the Madras High Court has given an interim order to capture the animal. The government added that since Chinnathambi was an elephant which was used to eating agricultural produce, there was no need to send it back to the forest.
The government also assured the court that the elephant would be well taken care of inside the camp. The judges ordered that while being captured, the government must not torture or hurt the animal in any manner and directed the Principal Chief Conservator of Forests to take a decision if Chinnathambi has to be sent to the forest or to the camp.
(Source: The News Minute)
3. 'Ramalingam’s Murder Was to Warn Others': Cops Add More Sections to FIR
The First Information Report (FIR) filed by the Thiruvidaimarudhur police in the case of the murder of PMK member Ramalingam on 5 February, has alleged that the motive behind the murder was to incite communal tension.
As on date, the police has arrested nine persons in connection with the murder including a PFI member and the owner of the vehicle in which the assailants allegedly came. The vehicle used in the crime was seized and its owner Mohammed Ibrahim was also arrested by the police on Monday.
(Source: The News Minute)
4. Coimbatore College Students Boycott Classes Demanding Action Against Assistant Professor
Students of Sree Narayana Guru College at KG Chavadi on the outskirts of Coimbatore on Wednesday boycotted their classes and staged a protest on the campus demanding action against an assistant professor who allegedly harassed two girls.
“On Saturday, the assistant professor of biotechnology department called the students to discuss their mini project. When the students went to his room, he verbally abused them,” said one of the students who had participated in the protest. “It was not the first time that the assistant professor was behaving in such a way with the girl students. He had behaved in a similar manner with other students too, but no complaints were registered against him then,” said another student.
(Source: The Times Of India)
5. Prison Warders Complain of Corruption, Irregularities on Prison Premises
A few prison warders (2017-batch prison warders) in Puzhal have sent a representation to Director General of Police, Prisons, flagging various issues including corruption, favouritism and other irregularities in prison administration.
In a signed letter, they alleged that the distribution of mobile phones, ganja and cigarettes and the supply of sumptuous food are rampant on the prison premises, especially in the blocks where remand prisoners are lodged. The block where remand prisoners involved in drug trafficking, murder, terrorism, were lodged, is a haven for all sorts of illegal activities, they alleged.
(Source: The Hindu)
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