Subramanian Swamy assaulted in Madras HC

The agitated lawyers
shouted, “get out you Brahmin dog”, “you LTTE-hater”. They hurled
rotten eggs at Swamy, soiling his clothes and beating him on the right
side of his neck.

Swamy was waiting for his case to come up in
the courtroom when the attack took place. Even as he enjoys Z-category
security, his security personnel were not allowed inside the courtroom
as per rules.

Swamy has been given the Z-category security
because he has been demanding the extradition of LTTE chief V
Prabhakaran to India so that he can be tried in the Rajiv Gandhi
assassination case. He is on the LTTE hit list.

Subsequently
when his case came up, Swamy appealed to the Division Bench to direct
the State Government to take action against the assaulters.

The
Division Bench directed the Government to provide full security to
Swamy. The court also directed the Chennai Police Commissioner to take
action against the advocates involved. A copy of the order has been
sent to the Chief Justice for further action and a report on the matter
has been sent the Supreme Court.

Sri Lankan army offensive
against the LTTE has pushed the latter to a corner. But that has made
pro-LTTE elements in Tamil Nadu, especially advocates, go on agitation
path since October last year.

Even as they continue to agitate
everyday on the streets, this is the second time such an incident
happened on the Madras High Court premises. Earlier, the agitators
dared to indulge in violence in the room of Chief Justice himself,
dragging out advocates, including senior lawyers and judges, who did
not pay heed to their call for boycott of courts, out of courtrooms and
chambers.