Party men and public broke police cordons to have last glimpse of their beloved leader, throwing security arrangements out of gear.
Police had a tough time controlling people as they surged forward pushing down iron barricades towards the spot where the body was kept. They entered via the Tamil Nadu Multi-Super Speciality Hospital side entrance and rushed in.
For several hours, police personnel did their best to hold the iron barricades in place. However, at one point of time they found the situation uncontrollable leading to collapse of barricades.
After Prime Minister Narendra Modi left the venue, hundreds began to march towards the fleet of stairs to the VVIP entrance.
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A big chunk of people managed to come in there and headed straight to the spot where Jayalalithaa's body was kept. At one point the crowd began to swell, prompting VVIPs including some ministers to make room to ease the situation.
On several occasions, police had to resort to mild baton-charge. Many youngsters had fierce altercation with police officials.
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