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Tamil Nadu burns as protests escalate over Jallikattu

Jallikattu was held yesterday after being allowed to resume through ordinance, but the protesters demanded a permanent lifting of the ban.

By :  suresh kavirayani?
Update: 2017-01-23 10:36 GMT
In protest of the lift of permanent ban on Jallikattu, the bull-taming sport of Tamil Nadu, protestors have now taken to the streets violently clashing with the police and burning vehicles.
Fans of a traditional bull-taming ritual in southern India attacked a police station with stones and set some vehicles on fire Monday in anger at being forcibly evicted from the beach where they been protesting for the past week in support of the sport. (Photo: DC/Sampath N)
Police were trying to remove nearly 2,000 people still at Marina Beach who have formed a human chain at the beach with some even standing deep in the water. (Photo: DC/Sampath N)
In a crackdown, police on Monday started evicting scores of pro-jallikattu demonstrators from protest venues across the state, especially from the Marina Beach, epicentre of the stir for the past one week, amid reports of stone-pelting and lathi-charge at a few places. (Photo: DC/Ramaswamy Mohan)
Police clash with the protestors to break the demonstration being staged, in Coimbatore. Some protesters lined up at the seashore forming a human chain and a group entered the water refusing to heed police requests to disperse.
Policemen pulling and clearing the students during protest against urgent law passed for Jallikattu by State Government and Union Government. Stressing that the Centre and Tamil Nadu governments are \"sensitive\" towards the culture and ethos of the state, Union Minister M Venkaiah Naidu today appealed to those agitating on the Jallikattu issue to give up their stir as steps have been taken to address their concerns.
Detained protestors being taken away to police custody. The situation escalated even after the ban on the sport was lifted, when the protestors attacked police stations and burnt civilian vehicles.
Police and students clash during a demonstration in Coimbatore. Though an ordinance was promulgated for holding Jallikattu, and the bull taming sport held in some parts of the state on Sunday, the protesters had vowed to carry on with their protest till a permanent solution was found to ensure the sport was held annually without any hindrance.
Many of the protestors who were detained were students. The Madras High Court declined to hear a matter raised in open court about police action on pro-Jallikattu student protesters at Marina Beach, epicentre of the stir for the past one week.In the image, the police can be seen detaining one of the students during the protest.
Policemen detain students who were holding a protest demanding a permanent solution for holding the Jallikattu, in Coimbatore.
Jallikattu was held yesterday after being allowed to resume through ordinance, but the protesters demanded a permanent lifting of the ban.

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