160 injured treated in Chennai hospitals

Chennai | Tuesday | 24th January, 2017

Summary:

Doctors placed at least 15 of them under medical observation before discharge.The atmosphere was tense at the hospitals, with relatives of the injured venting anger every time an ambulance brought people with injuries for treatment. "A large posse of policemen surrounded us as we were negotiating with a team of officers. "We were not protesting but policemen forced their way into our house and attacked me and my husband," said Kousalya, from Rotary Nagar, RK Salai, who was bleeding from an injury to the left arm. Two women were among more than 10 people who doctors treated after 3pm.Yogeshwar, who suffered injuries to the head and received treatment as an outpatient, said he and his friends were at Marina when the police chased them away. "We reached Royapettah clock tower and staged a sit-in," he said..