Modi- Xi Jinping meet: Tibetan independence activists arrested in Chennai

  • Days ahead of the bilateral summit between PM Modi and Chinese Premier Xi Jinping, the state police have arrested nine activists along with Tibetan activist and writer Tenzin Tsundue. 
     
  • According to the police, the Tibetans had reportedly planned a protest during Premier Xi's visit to Mahabalipuram calling for the independence of the tense region under the Chinese state. 
     
  • Moreover, police have refused to state the grounds on which the arrest was done.
     
  • Villupuram police confirmed to TNM that Tenzin was remanded after he was booked under Section 7(1)(a) of The Criminal Law Amendment Act.
     
  • CCTV cameras have been installed across the town as well as on the outskirts for round-the-clock surveillance.

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