LATEST UPDATES on Jallikattu protest: Ice House police station torched by protesters

New Delhi: Amid continuing protests over jallikattu across the state, Tamil Nadu Assembly today unanimously passed an amendment bill for conducting the bull taming sport without any hindrance. LATEST UPDATES:

• Replacing an ordinance promulgated two days ago to allowjallikattu, the Bill to amend the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act, 1960 was unanimously adopted by the House after members of all parties spoke welcoming the legislative initiative.
• The protesters torched the Ice House Police Station near Marina Beach in Chennai as police disperse protesters. The police officials thereafter doused the fire with the help of fire extinguishers

The protesters torched the Ice House Police Station near Marina Beach in Chennai as police disperse protesters/ Image courtesy: ANI

• Tamil Nadu: Assembly Speaker P. Dhanapal on Monday announced special session at 5 p.m. to discuss the Jallikattu issue

 

• Actor Kamal Haasan on Sunday slammed the animal rights advocacy group Peta for its opposition to jallikattu, saying it was "not qualified to tackle" Indian bulls and asking it to try and ban "bull-riding rodeos in Mr Trump's US." Haasan said "people at long last are getting a taste of true democracy". "Gone are the days of leaders. We need humble pathfinders & social reformers," Haasan tweeted

 

PETA go ban bull riding rodeos in Mr.Trump's U.S. You're not qualified to tackle our bulls. Empires have been made to quit India.

— Kamal Haasan (@ikamalhaasan) January 22, 2017

• Jallikattu supporters form human chain at Chennai's Marina Beach to protest police officials trying to vacate the beach

  Students form human chain at Marina beach/ Image courtesy: ANI

• Massive clashes took place between protesters and Police in Madurai's Alanganallur , where many protesters got injured and had to be taken to hospital

 

• Police forcefully removed protesters, who were gathered in huge numbers in Madurai's Alanganallur

Cops evacuate protesters forcefully/ Image courtesy: ANI

• Police detained more than 100 protesting students near Meenakshi Hall in Coimbatore

 

• DMK leaders on Monday walked out from the assembly as Tamil Nadu Governor spoke on the issue of Jallikattu

• DMK leader MK Stalin, while speaking in favour of Jallikattu said, “The state Government has totally mismanaged the situation and have failed to engage with students”