'Petrol bomb' hurled outside TN Raj Bhavan's main gate, police rule out security lapse
petrol bomb' in local parlance, was lobbed by a man in front of the Raj Bhavan's main gate here on Wednesday, an incident which drew the opposition's ire over the handling of law and order by the ruling DMK in Tamil Nadu. Opposition AIADMK and BJP slammed the government over the incident that happened outside the official residence of the State Governor.
There was no damage, injuries to anyone and there was no security lapse, a senior police official said, adding the man who threw the petrol bomb was immediately overpowered.
He was identified as 'Karukka' Vinoth, a man with many pending cases against him.
On Sardar Patel Road, on the opposite side of the Raj Bhavan, the man tried to throw a bottle by around 3 PM and it was immediately noticed by policemen on duty near the main gate, Prem Anand Sinha,
Additional Commissioner of Police (South), told reporters here.
While alert police personnel were apprehending him, the man hurled the bottle which landed in front of the barricade placed before the main gate of the Raj Bhavan and there was no damage and no one was injured.
«There was no fire...there was some flame only on the wick, the bottle fell down and broke. He was caught and he had some more bottles and these were seized,»
'Karukka' Vinoth, aged 42, faces 14 criminal cases and he was out on bail recently. He is a resident of Teynampet here, a City Police release said.
Vinoth was the accused in two similar incidents, including the one targeting the BJP office here over a year ago.
Within the past one week, he was freed from jail after he secured bail. Before the incident on Wednesday, he consumed liquor and he is being questioned on his motive, Sinha said.
