Mob Violence in Regency Ceramics Yanam

There is no evidence to show that the police had tried to control the mob by firing tear gas shells, which is a pre-condition under Indian laws, before police can open fire. If only the police had followed this rule, all the other problems would never have happened.

As the union leader of regency ceramics Murali Mohan, who was taken into police custody dies under mysterious circumstances(the police claim that he died of a heart attack), angry workers attack the police station. As the police find it difficult to control the mob, they resort to a cane charge only to be beaten back by a violent mob armed with sticks and stones.

When the police retreat, the mob damages cycles, scooters, motorcycles and other vehicles parked in front of the police station. The police return with guns and then open fire killing two people and injuring seven others. As news of the firing in which two people die spreads like wildfire, the mob goes on a rampage, enters the house of the President of the company and beats him to death. Then they attack the factory premises setting fire to more than fifty trucks, twenty buses, several vehichles, damage buildings, in all more than forty million dollars worth of property is destroyed, four people including the president of the company loose their lives.

Under Indian laws, police have to fire tear gas shells, then fire in the air as a warning and as a last resort can fire only below the knee. There is no evidence to show that the police had tried to control the mob by firing teargas shells. Prima facie it appears the police have violated this rule and the police will be charged for murder.

It could also be possible that the cars and motorcycles which the mob destroyed in front of the police station, might have belonged to the police men and in anger, they might have fired.

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