Kudankulam: Udayakumar does not surrender

September 12, 2012 00:07

Anti-nuclear movement leader S P Udayakumar tonight gave up his plan to surrender to the police after making a dramatic appearance to do do so and was whisked away by his supporters.

Anti-corruption activist Arvind Kejriwal turned up at nearby Idinthakarai, venue of a 48-hour hunger strike launched by anti-nuclear protesters, expressed his solidarity with them and was believed to have asked Udayakumar, convenor of People's Movement Against Nuclear Energy (PMANE), not to surrender.

Udayakumar turned up at Idinthakarai and announced he would surrender at 9 PM in the presence of a "prominent non-political national leader." But the emotional protestors said they would not allow the surrender and soon thereafter, Udayakumar was whisked away by his supporters in a boat, leaving others clueless about his whereabouts.

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