Officials of Tamil Nadu Police have booked four persons, including journalists and a Bharatiya Janata Party leader in connection with the spreading of "false" news over an attack on Bihar-based migrant labourers, creating statewide panic.
A 4-member team reached Chennai on Saturday and participated in a meeting with Chennai District Collector, Commissioner of Tamil Nadu Labour Department and other government officials in connection with the matter.
In a bid to dial down the panic among migrant labourers, working in Tamil Nadu, the Southern India Mills' Association (SIMA) and Confederation of Indian Textile Industry (CITI) released a joint statement and said that the videos, showing the attack on Bihar-based migrant workers, are false.
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin on Saturday said that those who are spreading rumours that migrant workers are being attacked in Tamil Nadu are against the nation and are causing harm to the integrity of the country.
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin on Saturday said that those who are spreading rumours that migrant workers are being attacked in Tamil Nadu are against the nation and are causing harm to the integrity of the country.
Days after Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar flagged concerns over alleged attacks on migrant labourers from his state working in Tamil Nadu, K Baskaran, secretary of the Kakkalur Industrial Estate Manufacturers Association (KIEMA) termed the CM's claim as "fake and false", adding that su
"I have spoken to honourable chief minister and my brother Nitish Kumar on phone and assured him that all the workers are our workers and they are helping the development of Tamil Nadu. Therefore, I assured that none of these issues will impact them" the Tamil Nadu Chief Minister said.
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Saturday said that a four-member team from the State will visit Tamil Nadu to take stock of the attack on migrant labourers incident.
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has formed a four member team which will be visiting Tamil Nadu on Saturday to take stock of the situation and will be submitting a report to the CM following their visit.
Additional Director General of Police (Headquarters) JS Gangwar on Friday informed that the Tamil Nadu Police has said that videos circulating on social media showing alleged attacks on migrant labourers in the state were "false" and "misleading".
Three labourers and a child died after they came under a Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) truck on Rohtak road, near Delhi's Anand Parbat area, in the early morning on Saturday, informed the police.
"Police actions were taken in connection with a report received today, around 2:15 p.m., about an abandoned truck in the land of the village of Lokorsko and a group of people around it," the Ministry of the Interior announced.