Chennai: An FIR has been filed against Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) working president M. K. Stalin, his party MLAs, MPs and cadres for holding a protest at Marina beach against the alleged attack on him and his MLAs during the trust vote in the Assembly. Police said an FIR has been filed against them for unlawful assembly and violation of public order. “DMK staged the protest without obtaining prior permission as required under law”, a senior police official said. Besides Stalin, 63 MLAs, three MPs and several DMK cadres who participated in the protest have been named in the FIR, he said. Several DMK workers had blocked vehicular traffic and indulged in stone-pelting in different places in the state to protest the alleged attack on Stalin.

Source: Mint February 19, 2017 06:44 UTC