Reportedly days ahead of the bilateral summit between Prime Minister narendra modi and Chinese Premier Xi Jinping, the state police have arrested Tibetan activist and writer Tenzin Tsundue and nine other activists. Meanwhile according to the police, the Tibetans, including two student activists, had reportedly planned a protest during Premier Xi's visit to mahabalipuram (Mamallapuram) calling for the independence of the tense region under the Chinese state.
Furthermore according to the Selaiyur police, nine Tibetans have been arrested and the police have refused to state the grounds on which this was done. Apparently Tenzin who is an also an award winning poet and writer lives in Dharamsala in Himachal Pradesh and was picked up by the police from Villupuram district and the other Tibetan activists were held in Chennai upon their arrival from New Delhi.
Moreover the two leaders are set to hold meetings at mahabalipuram between October 11 and 13. Security has been beefed up in the temple town with 500 police personnel deployed in the 20 km stretch between mahabalipuram and Akkarai. Previously Tamilnadu Chief Minister Edappadi Palaniswami undertook a visit to oversee the arrangements for the summit. Hence CCTV cameras have been installed across the town as well as on the outskirts for round the clock surveillance.
