Chennai: Woman's pregnancy terminated after attack by DMK cadres

Chennai: A woman’s four-month-old pregnancy was terminated after she was thrashed by supporters of Tiruvottiyur DMK MLA KPP Samy as they got worked up by celebrations of her kith and kin over AIADMK’s victory, on Thursday.  No case is registered yet.

It all began when a section of AIADMK supporters began celebrating soon after the news of the party supremo J. Jayalalithaa’s romp to power became imminent with a thumping majority came.

AIADMK cadres burst firecrackers and distributed sweets in the neighbourhood marking the celebrations. The DMK cadres kept quite through the day until Samy won the seat and the official announcement was made.

Around 7 pm, when the counting was almost at its end, the woman, Divya, was riding home with her husband, Raghu, in Tiruvottiyur Kuppam, where they were intercepted by known aides of the MLA and a few known local hands.

The gang wondered as to what her family is going to do since DMK has won Tiruvottiyur seat, and picked up a quarrel. “My sister was pushed down from the vehicle. They had her kicked in the stomach purposefully. Divya collapsed on the spot. My mother who leaped to help her was prevented. They also attacked Divya’s husband Raghu. The celebration of the AIADMK’s victory was ridiculed, and received verbal abuse,” Apannu, elder brother of Divya, told DC. She was rushed to a private hospital where the doctors after examining her informed that her pregnancy was terminated, and the fetus had to be removed.

She is still under treatment. Meanwhile, the neighbours caught hold of the men involved in the thrashing, and handed them over to Tiruvottiyur cops. However, the men were released with the intervention of advocates without registering any case.

Since the local police were insisting only on a compromise, the woman had lodged an online complaint through the Citizen’s Portal of the state police website on Saturday.