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Nagapattinam, Dec 14 : Four more people have been arrested in connection with the attack on the car belonging to Tamil Nadu Handlooms Minister OS Manian last month while he was visiting the cyclone-hit areas of the district, police said here Friday.
With this, the number of people arrested for the alleged attack has gone up to 12, the police said.
The four were remanded in judicial custody, they said.
The Minister's car was damaged on November 18 while he was proceeding to inspect the cyclone-affected Kannithoppu area of Vedaranyam. PTI
Nagapattinam(TN), Jun 23 : Nearly 20 kg ganjaworth Rs 3 lakh, meant to be smuggled to Sri Lanka, was seized near Vedaranyamin the district and three people arrested in this connection, police said today.
When coastal security police were patrolling in Arucottuthurai last night, they found a bag with ganja weighing 20 kg inside, they said.
Three persons from the area were picked up on suspicion.
During inquiry, the trio revealed that it had kept the drug pack in the coastal area in all readiness to be smuggled to the island nation.
The accused were arrested today, police said adding investigations are on.PTI
Nagapattinam,
Oct 20: In a tragic incident on Friday, atleast eight crew members of the
Tamil Nadu State Transport Corporation (TNSTC) were killed and three others
sustained grievous injuries after a portion of a decade-old TNSTC building
collapsed at Porayar in Tamil Nadu’s Nagapattinam.Police said as many as 11
drivers and conductors, who were scheduled to operate morning services were
asleep in the rest room of the depot, when it collapsed at 0330 hrs, killing
eight of them on the spot. On information, senior police officials and
personnel of Tamil Nadu Fire and Rescue Services Department rushed to the spot
and rescued the three injured bus crew from the debris and admitted them to the
government hospital at Karaikal. The building constructed around 70 years ago
was in a dilapidated condition, reports said. Meanwhile, irate over the
incident, transport employees affiliated to various trade unions and their
relatives’ gheroed Tamil Nadu Minister for Transport Vijayabhaskar and
Nagapattinam district collector Dr S Suresh Kumar, when they visited the
accident site, demanding justice for the death of eight crews and suitable
compensation for their families. The Transport Minister assured the agitated
transport employees of providing all assistance to the families of deceased
crews. Later, talking to newsmen, he said the very old depots of TNSTC would be
demolished and new buildings will be constructed by the government shortly. The
collector ordered to constitute an enquiry commission to probe the incident.
Meanwhile, enraged over the incident, the bus crews of Nagapattinam and Porayar
depots resorted to protest and refused to ply the buses to various destinations.
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Nagapattinam, Dec 14 : Four more people have been arrested in connection with the attack on the car belonging to Tamil Nadu Handlooms Minister OS Manian last month while he was visiting the cyclone-hit areas of the district, police said here Friday.
