TN Bandh Over Cauvery Issue Ends Peacefully, DMK’s Stalin Arrested

DMK’s Stalin taken into preventive custody in Chennai for blocking railway track.

The dawn-to-dusk Tamil Nadu bandh on Friday on the Cauvery issue called by associations of farmers and traders passed off peacefully even as opposition leaders, including DMK’s MK Stalin and Kanimozhi, courted arrest while leading protest demonstrations in various parts of the state.

The day was marked by a slew of agitations, attempts to block trains and roads, by the bandh supporters, including opposition parties, across the state. Attempts to stop the Vaigai Express at Dindigul station was foiled by the police.