Tuesday, February 3, 2009

Another suicide attempt over Tamil issue in Chennai

Major repercussions of the war in Sri Lanka are now being seen in Tamil Nadu.

A farmer Ravi set himself on fire on Saturday morning to protest against the Sri Lankan army's offensive against the Lankan Tamils near Madurai. He belongs to the Tamil nationalist movement which is a group that is headed by a politician named P Neduraman.

There were also minor protests outside the Madras High Court and outside the Sri Lankan High Commission on Friday. In fact, 34 law students had been arrested in Chennai on Friday after they tried to lay siege to the Sri Lankan High Commission.

It came just after 26-year-old Muthukumar set himself on fire in Chennai to protest the killing of Tamil civilians in Sri Lanka. Muthukumar's funeral is scheduled on Saturday.

The body is kept in a glass box in the open at Kolathur in North Chennai. Nearly 2,000 people have already gathered there.

The crowd is burning effigies of Karunanidhi, Sonia Gandhi and other politicians.

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