The Perambalur Police have booked a case against more than 10 persons, including some members of the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam, for allegedly assaulting a few BJP members and government officials, besides causing damage to government property at the office of the Deputy Director of Mines situated in the District Collectorate on October 30. An aide of the Minister for Transport S.S. Sivasankar was among the accused.
The incident led to the temporary suspension of the auction of 31 quarries in the district that was scheduled for Tuesday with the Perambalur district. The district administration had cited “administrative reasons” for the suspension. Monday was the last day for submission of bids for the auction.
The incident took place around 1 p.m. when the BJP’s Perambalur district vice president of the party’s industrial wing and Kavulpalayam panchayat president S. Kalaiselvan came to the office of the Deputy Director of Mines to submit a bid for the auction of stone quarries in the name of his brother Murugesan along with another party office bearer.
