TN law and order 'exposed' after petrol bomb hurled at Governor's residence

A repeat offender, who was allegedly drunk, threw a petrol bomb in front of the Raj Bhavan, the residence of Tamil Nadu Governor R.N. Ravi, at 3 pm on Wednesday afternoon. The police personnel posted at Raj Bhavan chased and apprehended the suspect identified as M. Vinod (42), alias Karukka Vinod of Teynampet.

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Prem Anand Sinha, additional commissioner of police, told the media, "Near the Raj Bhavan main entrance, a man hurled a Molotov cocktail just opposite the state highway research centre. Security personnel nabbed him and seized four more bottles of the cocktail from him." When interrogated, Vinod reportedly told police that he was not happy that the Governor had refused to pardon the convicts and also because of the rising suicides in the state because of NEET. A statement from Raj Bhavan on this incident said, "After the first petrol bomb was hurled at the main entrance of gate-1 of Raj Bhavan, it burst with a huge sound and burnt the entrance. The security personnel rushed to capture the miscreants and when they attempted to