College violence: 2 policemen, principal suspended in Chennai
Chennai, November 13: Police Commissioner R Sekhar was on Thursday night removed with the Tamil Nadu government cracking the whip after his force was accused of inaction during violent student clashes in Dr Ambedkar Law College while two police officers and the institution's Principal were suspended.
DGP(Civil supplies) K Radhakrishnan is the new Police Commissioner after Sekhar was trasnferred, official sources said, adding orders in this regard were being issued, a day after violence in the college in which three students were seriously injured.
As the DMK government faced the heat after coming under attack from the opposition in the state Assembly for alleged failure to tackle the violence, an Assistant Commissioner of Police Narayanamurthy and Inspector Sekar Babu were suspended while four sub-inspectors were shifted out of the City.
Former chief minister and AIADMK supremo Jayalalithaa demanded the resignation of Chief Minister M Karunanidhi, who holds the Home portfolio.
The seven arrested students have been booked under various IPC sections including 307 (attempt to murder) and remanded to custody.
TV grabs showed a couple of students being brutally attacked amid reports that police remained mute spectators.
Law Minister Duraimurugan told the Assembly that Law College Principal Sridev has been placed under suspension while the ongoing semester exams were postponed as there was no cordial atmosphere to conduct them right now.
All law colleges in Tamil Nadu have been closed to avoid any untoward incident, he said.
Duraimurugan while replying to a call attention motion in the Assembly announced setting up of a commission to probe the incident.
The incident also had violent fallout in Coimbatore when students threw stones and damaged furniture and windows of the Law College. About 60 students were arrested, police said.
College violence: 2 policemen, principal suspended in Chennai - Express India