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They were arrested on Thursday and released on bail after signing a bond, police said.
The watchman and a contract worker of the park were also arrested in connection with the incident.
Though PETA activists originally scheduled to hold a protest on Wednesday against jallikattu, it was dropped at the last minute.
However, Ingrid Newkirk and the PETA activists had gone to Gandhi Park and blindfolded the statue of Mahatma Gandhi and hung a board 'reject cruel sport jallikattu.'
Following a complaint lodged by a Congress functionary, police registered cases against Ingrid and others for creating religious ill-feeling, defaming the national leader, trespassing and also under Tamil Nadu Open Places Prevention of Disfigurement Act.
Inspector Cederick Manuel was transferred to the City Police Armed Reserve for failing to stop the protest, police said.
Jallikattu is man versus bull, but the Tamil Nadu Government has made it a “Communalism versus Secularism issue”. there are Supreme Court judicial pronouncements wherein it has considered whether traditional practices are matters of religion or integral and essential part of the religion and religious practice. Religion is an indicator of culture, but the State has many times used religion to further its nefarious vested interests. In this case also, the State has evoked the religious sentiments of the people to promote a barbaric sport. This sport is dangerous to the health of the animals and human beings- the participants as well as the spectators. The order by Supreme Court revoking the ban mentions that the State has submitted that the district administration shall take necessary steps for the safety of the participants and the spectators. Is an injured spectator or participant spectator entitled to any compensation by the State or will the State cling to volenti non fit injuria?
The conspirators of Mahatma Gandhi's assasination are roaming freely and the persons who were just blindfolded Gandhi's statue were arrested. What a joke
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