Actor Kamal Haasan said he hoped the state government and the police would clarify on allegations of cops committing arson during the violence that erupted on Monday in Chennai and parts of Tamil Nadu.
“I am equally shocked (to see video of cop committing arson). Hope some sort of explanation is given to us so that we can calm down,” the actor said at a press conference in Chennai. “No law or legal system in infallible,” the actor added.
On Monday, the actor had tweeted a video, already viral on social media, that showed a man dressed in police uniform setting an auto-rickshaw on fire during the violence around the Jallikattu protests. The tweet was re-tweeted over 11,000 times leading many to question the police’s attempts to quell violence. The violence, closely followed by arson, erupted as the police moved to evict nearly 10,000 Jallikattu protesters from Marina Beach in Chennai.
