PUDUCHERRY: The deteriorating law and order scenario in the UT, with a spate of murders and the suspected instances of police-criminal nexus coming to the fore, led to an uproar in the Assembly on Tuesday.The opposition AIADMK members staged a walkout, protesting the Speaker’s refusal to admit an adjournment motion tabled by AIADMK member A Anbazhagan to discuss the law and order situation. As soon as the Question Hour was underway, Anbazhagan was on his feet, stating that after the new government assumed office, the law and order has deteriorated with 19 murders over the past 65 days. He wanted the issue to be discussed by taking up the adjournment motion tabled by him. But, Speaker V Sabapathy said that the request could be considered only later as there was no precedence of taking up any business in the middle of the Question Hour.Anbazhagan retorted that he had already given a question pertaining to the issue raised. The Speaker then informed the member that the member could speak on the issue during the discussion on the demand for grants to the police department. After this, the five AIADMK members staged a walk-out. The issue was raked up again when Leader of Opposition V Vaithilingam said that after the new government came into power, 22 murders had taken place. Welfare Minister P Rajavelu thudered back, asking him whether there were no murders during his tenure. K Lakshminarayanan (Cong) expressed the need to check the nexus between the police and anti-social elements. He called for the implementation of the Goondas Act. On crimes being masterminded from jails in the UT through cell phones despite the installation of jamming devices, Lakshminarayanan said that jails have become the biggest playground for criminals.
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