TN crisis: Police at resort to question AIADMK MLAs
The governor had assured that he would look into these allegations. The police is currently at the resort to verify the allegations.
Chennai, Feb 11: There has been hectic activity at the Golden Bay resort near Chennai where AIADMK MLAs loyal to Sasikala Natarajan have been kept. The police has reached the resort to find out if the MLAs are staying there on their own will or being held captive. Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu O Panneerselvam had alleged before the governor that the MLAs are being kept at the resort forcibly.
The governor had assured that he would look into these allegations. The police is currently at the resort to verify the allegations. Police officials would speak with the MLAs individually to get a correct picture.
Earlier
there
were
incidents
of
stone
pelting
reported
at
the
resort.
Some
persons
were
angry
with
the
prying
media
which
has
been
stationed
at
the
resort
since
the
past
three
days
to
track
the
MLAs
who
are
alleged
to
be
held
captive
by
Sasikala
who
is
trying
to
become
the
next
chief
minister
of
Tamil
Nadu.
A
petition
too
had
been
filed
in
the
Madras
high
court
seeking
to
know
where
the
MLAs
were.
On
Thursday
the
high
court
was
told
by
the
government
that
the
MLAs
were
in
the
MLA
hostel
and
not
at
any
resort.
However
investigations
done
by
journalists
tracked
the
MLAs
to
the
resort.
The petition was taken up on Friday and the court sought an affidavit from the government on the status of the MLAs.
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