Cauvery row: Two held for hurling shoes at CSK's Ravindra Jadeja, Faf Du Plessis
By PTI | Published: 10th April 2018 11:06 PM |
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A scene from Chepauk stadium where CSK is hosting KKR (Twitter/Venkata Krishna B )
CHENNAI: In an unsavoury incident, a couple of miscreants were today detained by the police for hurling a shoe at India international Ravindra Jadeja during an IPL match between Chennai Super Kings and Kolkata Knight Riders.
The incident happened in the eighth over of the KKR innings.
The unidentified protestors hurled shoes at Jadeja, who was stationed at long-on. The footwear missed the player and fell near the boundary rope as Du Plessis and Lungi Ngidi were taking a stroll.
These were the guys who threw shoe from F upper. All arrested #CSKvKKR pic.twitter.com/mPDlCyYU77
— Venkata Krishna B (@venkatatweets) April 10, 2018
The match was preceded by massive protests from various groups and activists due to Cauvery water dispute prompting IPL governing council chairman Rajeev Shukla to seek government intervention.
READ: Cauvery management board issue: Protest escalates in Chennai
The two persons detained by the police for their involvement are allegedly a part of actor-director Seeman's Naam pro-Tamil outfit Tamizhar.
Naam Tamizhar leader and film personality Seeman, film-maker Bharathirajaa and scores of activists were taken into custody by the police, who had a tough time managing the ever increasing number of protesters.
Hundreds of activists of outfits like TVK, Naam Tamizhar and Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi (VCK), besides some Muslim groups blocked roads at the arterial Anna Salai and TTK Salai, hugely affecting traffic movement, police said.
