COIMBATORE: The city police deployed 100 personnel at Gandhipuram on Monday evening following a tussle at the pro-Citizenship Amendment Act protest venue on the Dr Nanjappa Road.
As many as 500 Hindu Munnani (HM) members had launched the indefinite protest against the indefinite ‘Coimbatore’s Shaheen Bagh’ protest, being staged by Muslim organisations at Athupaalam in the city.
Police said when the protest was about to begin, Shahul Hameed, an autorickshaw driver from Selvapuram near the city, walked by the protest venue, while taking over his mobile phone. “Hindu Munnai members confronted him and picked up a quarrel. They accused him of clicking pictures of the protest using his phone,” a police officer told TOI.
Following this, Hameed called his friends, who arrived at the spot in 20 autorickshaws, and picked up a quarrel with HM members.
Sensing trouble, the city police deployed a posse of 100 police personnel, including armed reserve police personnel carrying tear gas, at the spot. They pacified both the parties and sent Hameed and his friends away. Police personnel were also posted on the Gandhipuram Flyover.
The auto drivers went to the Kattoor police station and lodged a complaint against the HM members. They said the members used inappropriate words against them and attacked them. Deputy commissioner of law and order L Balaji Saravanan promised to investigate the incident.
HM members also lodged a police complaint against the Muslim men who, they said, had tried to film them erecting the canopy at the protest venue. They said the men used inappropriate words and threatened them. They would not call off their demonstration till the ‘Coimbatore’s Shaheen Bagh’ protest is called off, they said.
Muslim migrants from Bangladesh and Pakistan have settled in the city, HM functionary C Dhanapal said. “They should be ousted. As there is a false propaganda against the Citizenship Amendment Act, we are demonstrating in favour of the Act,” he said.
BJP, RSS and VHP have extended support to the demonstration.
The protesters vacated the venue at night after police instructed them. They plan to return on Tuesday.
As many as 500 Hindu Munnani (HM) members had launched the indefinite protest against the indefinite ‘Coimbatore’s Shaheen Bagh’ protest, being staged by Muslim organisations at Athupaalam in the city.
Police said when the protest was about to begin, Shahul Hameed, an autorickshaw driver from Selvapuram near the city, walked by the protest venue, while taking over his mobile phone. “Hindu Munnai members confronted him and picked up a quarrel. They accused him of clicking pictures of the protest using his phone,” a police officer told TOI.
Following this, Hameed called his friends, who arrived at the spot in 20 autorickshaws, and picked up a quarrel with HM members.
Sensing trouble, the city police deployed a posse of 100 police personnel, including armed reserve police personnel carrying tear gas, at the spot. They pacified both the parties and sent Hameed and his friends away. Police personnel were also posted on the Gandhipuram Flyover.
The auto drivers went to the Kattoor police station and lodged a complaint against the HM members. They said the members used inappropriate words against them and attacked them. Deputy commissioner of law and order L Balaji Saravanan promised to investigate the incident.
HM members also lodged a police complaint against the Muslim men who, they said, had tried to film them erecting the canopy at the protest venue. They said the men used inappropriate words and threatened them. They would not call off their demonstration till the ‘Coimbatore’s Shaheen Bagh’ protest is called off, they said.
Muslim migrants from Bangladesh and Pakistan have settled in the city, HM functionary C Dhanapal said. “They should be ousted. As there is a false propaganda against the Citizenship Amendment Act, we are demonstrating in favour of the Act,” he said.
BJP, RSS and VHP have extended support to the demonstration.
The protesters vacated the venue at night after police instructed them. They plan to return on Tuesday.
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