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Feud between loadmen, agents again

By Our Staff Reporter

TIRUCHI, JULY 23 . The feud between loadmen and English vegetables commission agents at the Gandhi Market cropped up again today within a month of reconciliation. Consequently, lorries transporting English vegetables were diverted elsewhere from the market.

Official sources said the feud was a sequel to the support given by a few loadmen on Thursday to a woman who was knocked down by a lorry transporting English vegetables.

In the scuffle, which erupted between two groups, three load men — Paramasivam, Kannan and Kaliamoorthy — and two employees of the Commission agents — Abubucker and Subramanian — were arrested.

The English vegetable commission agents took up cudgels on behalf of the lorry driver and had allegedly accused the load men of arm-twisting under the aegis of their union.

The attempt of the commission agents to load and unload vegetables by themselves was resisted by the loadmen, who staged a dharna at the Market today.

The Inspector of the Gandhi Market Police Station, T. Sundaramurthy, said the Revenue department was seized of the issue.

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