Video of policemen setting vehicles on fire is morphed, says Chennai commissioner

The Chennai Commissioner has claimed that the videos arson by policemen during Jallikattu protest is morphed and needed probe.

By: News Desk |
January 24, 2017 1:59 pm

Amid uproar over the ongoing protests in support of Jallikattu, a Chennai cop a now claimed that the video of policemen torching vehicles doing rounds on social media was actually morphed.

According to reports, the Chennai Police Commissioner S George have rejected all claim cops committing arson during the Jallikattu protests in Chennai asserting that it was altered to create chaos. Terming the sharing of the video to be a “ridiculous” act, S George, Chennai Police Commissioner said, “Videos of Police surfacing on social media are morphed, it’s a matter of investigation.”

He further affirmed that the policemen did not intend to resort to violence on the crowd since the people of the state were protesting peacefully.

In a series of video that are doing rounds on social media, the cops were seen hitting women and putting force of the students who staging a peaceful protest in Tamil Nadu.

Police themselves burnt everything and put the blame on innocent students and this is the proof. @hrw @UNHumanRights @news7tamil pic.twitter.com/tNZs5tp2HF

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