Cases against 200 for reel protests

Follow us:WhatsappFacebookTwitterTelegram.cls-1{fill:#4d4d4d;}.cls-2{fill:#fff;}Google NewsCases have been registered against 200 persons from various Muslim outfits in connection with the stone-throwing and bike-burning incidents during protests against an alleged anti-Islam film on Anna Salai on Tuesday. Traffic in the heart of the city was paralysed for nearly four hours, as over 20,000 people belonging to 23 Muslim organisations staged demonstrations and burnt the effigy of US President Obama and the American flag. When the protesters performed ‘namaz’ on the road near Spencer Plaza, the police personnel tried to remove them. The protestors indulged in stone-throwing in which two women police  personnel suffered injuries. They also damaged the windshield of an MTC bus.The protestors also set fire to two motorbikes on Woods Road. Another group attacked a car belonging to a Tamil TV channel and damaged another vehicle parked near Spencer Plaza.In this connection, Chintadripet police have registered two cases, the Royapettah police two cases and the Anna Salai police one case against office-bearers of 25 Muslim outfits and 200 members.first published:September 20, 2012, 11:01 ISTlast updated:September 20, 2012, 11:01 IST 
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