Police carried out a baton charge to disperse a large gathering of people protesting against the US-made anti-Islam film here Tuesday.
According to police, a large number of Muslims gathered on the city's arterial Anna Salai shouting anti-US slogans and started proceeding towards the US consulate, around two km from the protest venue.
As the protesters tried to take out a procession past the barricades, police sought to restrain them and then baton charged them to disperse the crowd.
The protestors also torched a two wheeler parked on the road, police said.
The agitation put the traffic out of gear for couple of hours.
Activists
belonging to Tamil Nadu Muslim Munnetra Kazhagam protested outside the consulate Friday and threw stones damaging some window panes.
Police have beefed up security around the consulate, which was closed for three days.
Comments(5)
Chennai has been held hostage by a bunch of fanatics. Time for the govt to crackdown & feed them in the prison.
Posted by Guru at 09/18/2012 20:54 Reply to this Report abuse
what is CM jayalalitha doing? she is giving these illiterate fanatics free hand? it is time to crack down on these guys to keep peace in India. Let them go to pakistan and propagate violance!
Posted by Antony at 09/18/2012 23:24 Reply to this Report abuse
Not even 1 % of the "protestors" would have had any idea about what they re protesting against. TIme to crack down on them, lathicharge or teargas them. WHy should other Chennaiites suffer for someone's madness?
Posted by Badri at 09/19/2012 07:54 Reply to this Report abuse
When that pig MFHussein painted these Peaceful cult (do not call it a religion) spoke of freedom of expression. o what happens to the Freedom of Expression of the man who wove facts into a film?
Posted by Venkat at 09/19/2012 08:38 Reply to this Report abuse
What you know about the religious sentiments. If the same director makes a film on God Ram, God Shiva, God Ganesh, Jesus etc are "as a womanizer, a homosexual and a child abuser." If you are a real Indian or religious person or human being, what you will react for it. A true believer won’t keep silence. You guys are just to sit, watching TV and commending on it. Be Indian buddies. You guys do not have the true and full knowledge of Islam. Read the book of George Bernard Shaw - 'The Genuine Islam, A little knowledge is a dangerous thing - A person without full knowledge will always harm himself as well as others.
Posted by Imran at 09/21/2012 01:00 Reply to this Report abuse