The Tamil Nadu Police have filed a case against anti-nuclear activist S P Udayakumar and others in connection with Tuesday night's explosion at Idinthakarai near the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant even as the death toll in the blast rose to seven.
Of the several wounded, one person succumbed to his injuries in the government hospital on Wednesday morning.
Police sources here said that Udayakumar, who spearheads the anti-nuclear People’s Movement Against Nuclear Energy (PMANE), his associates Pushparayan, Mukilan and four others have been booked under different sections of the Indian Penal Code and Explosive Substances Act. The police also suspect that some of those who were killed were activists of the PMANE.
Seven people were killed and two injured when a country-made bomb exploded in a coastal village near the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant.
The police said the blasts took place when bombs exploded accidentally while they were being assembled at a house in Idinthakarai village. Five houses were razed under the impact of the blast. Four live bombs were also recovered from the spot.
PMANE is spearheading the protests against the Kudankulam nuclear power plant in Tirunelveli district.