Police book cases against Telugu Desam Party activists for violating prohibitory orders

The police arrested more than 300 cadre of Communist Party of India (CPI) in Coimbatore city on Tuesday when they staged a protest against the ‘anti-people’ policies of the Central government. The cadre called for dismissal of the BJP government. The CPI has called for three-day State-wide protest from September 12 against the BJP government in the Centre.

The protestors said cooking oil prices had tripled, prices of petrol and diesel had crossed ₹100 a litre, and domestic LPG price was ₹1,240 a cylinder. Only in India, petroleum products attracted 260% taxes, they claimed.