Jallikattu: Evicted from Marina beach, protesters to boycott Republic Day

Agitators weren't too pleased with ordinance route and sought a permanent solution to the issue

The police early Monday morning forcefully evacuated the students who had been protesting at Chennai’s Marina beach, demanding that the ban imposed on bull-taming sport Jallikattu be permanently lifted.

The protesters, meanwhile, threatened to venture into the sea if the police marched forward and said they would boycott the Republic Day celebrations. Over the past six days, about 1,000 to 1,500 protesters had moved from the main road to the coast.

The evacuation move, which started as early as at 5:30 am on Monday, came two days after a new ordinance introduced by the Tamil Nadu government to