COIMBATORE: The dawn-to-dusk shutter-down protest called by Hindu Munnani (HM) and the Coimbatore District Federation of All Jamaath and Islamic Organisations passed off peacefully on Saturday.
While most of the commercial establishments in the city remained closed, the protest call evoked lukewarm response in rural areas. To avoid communal tension, the city police and the Rapid Action Force (RAF) conducted flag march at four places.
HM had called for the protest to condemn the attack on its district secretary on Wednesday night. The Islamic organization had given the protest call after a kerosene bomb was hurled at a mosque in Ganapathy on Thursday morning.
Bakeries, restaurants, textile shops, electrical and electronic shops remained closed on the Big Bazaar Street, Oppanakkara Street, Ukkadam, Cross Cut Road, 100 Feet Road, Gandhipuram, Ramanathapuram, Saravanampatti, Peelamedu, Hope College, Sitra, Ukkadam, Karumbukkadai, Podanur and Kuniyamuthur. However, some medical shops were open. Buses, autorickshaws, school vans and goods carriers plied as usual.
The city police deployed 1,500 personnel and the Rapid Action Force (RAF), 300 personnel. A flag march led by city police commissioner Sumit Sharan passed through Cross Cut Road and 100 Feet Road.
Deputy commissioners of police ES Uma (crime), S Selvakumar (headquarters) and L Balaji Saravanan (law&order) led flag marches on NH Road, NSR Road at Saibaba Colony and the Kuniyamuthur – Athupalam stretch.
Most of the shops remained closed in Perur and surrounding areas. Shops in Pollachi, Annur, Karumathampatti and Annur functioning as usual. The rural police had deployed 1,300 cops on the streets.
Meanwhile, Muslim organisations distributed lunch to the patients and their attenders at the Coimbatore Medical College and Hospital, passengers waiting at the Coimbatore Junction railway station, Gandhipuram and Ukkadam bus stands, who were affected by the shutter-down protest.
While most of the commercial establishments in the city remained closed, the protest call evoked lukewarm response in rural areas. To avoid communal tension, the city police and the Rapid Action Force (RAF) conducted flag march at four places.
HM had called for the protest to condemn the attack on its district secretary on Wednesday night. The Islamic organization had given the protest call after a kerosene bomb was hurled at a mosque in Ganapathy on Thursday morning.
Bakeries, restaurants, textile shops, electrical and electronic shops remained closed on the Big Bazaar Street, Oppanakkara Street, Ukkadam, Cross Cut Road, 100 Feet Road, Gandhipuram, Ramanathapuram, Saravanampatti, Peelamedu, Hope College, Sitra, Ukkadam, Karumbukkadai, Podanur and Kuniyamuthur. However, some medical shops were open. Buses, autorickshaws, school vans and goods carriers plied as usual.
The city police deployed 1,500 personnel and the Rapid Action Force (RAF), 300 personnel. A flag march led by city police commissioner Sumit Sharan passed through Cross Cut Road and 100 Feet Road.
Deputy commissioners of police ES Uma (crime), S Selvakumar (headquarters) and L Balaji Saravanan (law&order) led flag marches on NH Road, NSR Road at Saibaba Colony and the Kuniyamuthur – Athupalam stretch.
Most of the shops remained closed in Perur and surrounding areas. Shops in Pollachi, Annur, Karumathampatti and Annur functioning as usual. The rural police had deployed 1,300 cops on the streets.
Meanwhile, Muslim organisations distributed lunch to the patients and their attenders at the Coimbatore Medical College and Hospital, passengers waiting at the Coimbatore Junction railway station, Gandhipuram and Ukkadam bus stands, who were affected by the shutter-down protest.
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