Madurai
Before commencing the investigation, the judge said that in total 1951 affidavits had been filed across the state and they were summoned by the commission.
“Earlier a phase of inquiry had been completed at Chennai and Coimbatore and now I have come to Madurai to inquire 25 persons who had been summoned by the commission,” he said.
The first person he inquired was Kannan from Kondaiyampatti near Alanganallur. The inquiry went on for close to two hours. After that, Kannan said that he was remanded on charges of damaging a government bus on January 18.
He informed that the inquiries would be held for three more days and all the persons would be questioned by the lawyers. “No policemen will be allowed inside during the inquiry,” said Rajeswaran. He also said that the commission would again visit Madurai and submit its report in six months.
Protest for jallikattu commenced at Alanganallur on January 16 when youth took the centre stage in the protest and later it spread to other parts of the state. In Chennai, thousands of youngsters protested for jallikattu on the Marina beach.
The protest went on with full support of people from various quarters. However, during the early hours on January 23, police unleashed their force on the protesters. Following this, there were various protests and to pacify the protesters the government had announced a one-man Judicial Commission headed by Rajeswaran to inquire into the police excess on the last day of jallikattu protests.
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