The Hindu 29.04.2010
Contractor assaulted on corporation premises
Special Correspondent
| He had gone there to submit tender documents |
TIRUCHI: Tense moments prevailed at the Corporation office campus in the city on Wednesday morning after a contractor was assaulted by a group of persons when he came to submit supporting documents for an e-tender.
The incident took place even as the Corporation Council meeting was under way and right in front of a large number of women, who had turned up at the office to appear for interviews for the post of noon meal organisers, and a police team posted at the Corporation Office right from morning.
The contractor, Subramanian, sustained injuries and has been admitted to the Annal Gandhi Memorial Government Hospital.
Mr.Subramanian was allegedly assaulted by supporters of another contractor, who is a local office-bearer of the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam, following a dispute over bidding for the Anna Nagar Link Road project, to be executed at an estimated cost of over Rs.3 crore.
Mr.Subramanian was allegedly asked not to bid for project by the rival group and was assaulted when he turned up at the Corporation office today. Another group intervened on behalf of Mr.Subramanian to launch a counter-attack against the assailants, as the terrified women and onlookers ran helter skelter.
