A police constable allegedly beat up an anti-nuclear activist at a village near Koodankulam for requesting shopkeepers to down shutters in support of their movement against Koodankulam Nuclear Power Project.
Pushparayan, one of the leaders of the People's Movement against Nuclear Energy, spearheading the stir against KNPP, said the activist had severe chest and hand injuries but that his family was scared of filing a complaint, fearing harassment.
In a statement here on Wednesday, he alleged police at Koodankulam are filing FIRs against every shopkeeper who did not keep their shops open.
On Chief Minister Jayalalithaa's demand that the entire power from KNPP be allocated to Tamil Nadu, he said she should now state her stand as a junior minister in the power ministry had clarified that Tamil Nadu would get only 50 per cent of the power generated from the project
Meanwhile, the relay fast against commissioning of KNPP reached 161st day on Wednesday.