Tension as ex-MLA is held in Puducherry

Puducherry, Sep 22: Tension prevailed at Kirumambakkam in Bahour Constituency here as police arrested about 100 people, including former MLA Rajavelu on charges of preventing government officials from discharging their duty.

As many as 35 families were residing on government land at Kirumambakkam for the past 85 years and Mr Rajavelu urged the Chief Minister and Housing Minister Malladi Krishna Rao to provide them free pattas in the place, even though there was direction from the panchayat to vacate the place.

Meanwhile, the Bahour Commune Panchayat Commissioner along with Revenue officials and police today started eviction proceedings.

They allegedly failed to grant time to the people to remove their belongings from the houses which were demolished.

Following this, Mr Rajavelu came to the spot and prevented the forcible eviction, following which police arrested them.

UNI