Key Highlights
- All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) general secretary Edappadi K Palaniswami on Saturday targeted Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin, terming him a "puppet" CM, while highlighting a bomb attack on a police vehicle near the Trichy-Chennai highway.
- Taking to the social media platform X, Palaniswami said that while CM Stalin was "patting his own back and boasting" in the state assembly, "some mysterious individuals have hurled country-made bombs at a police vehicle near the Perambalur toll plaza on the Trichy-Chennai highway." "In the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly today, while puppet Chief Minister Stalin was patting his own back and boasting away, near the Perambalur toll plaza on the Trichy-Chennai highway, some mysterious individuals have hurled country-made bombs at a police vehicle," EPS wrote on X.
- According to Palaniswami's X post, the incident occured when the police officials were escorting a "rowdy" known as Vellai Kali from Madurai for interrogation, stating that his name is linked to several criminal cases.
- Citing media reports, the AIADMK general secretary claimed that four police personnel were injured in the bomb attack and have been admitted to the hospital.
- "This brutal incident occurred when police were taking a rowdy known as Vellai Kali from Madurai, who is connected to various cases, for interrogation.
