Jayalalithaa's DA case verdict: Buses set on fire by AIADMK workers; DMK members celebrate, distribute sweets

In the commotion of effigies being burnt and sloganeering against DMK chief M Karunanidhi, BJP’s Subramanian Swamy and prime minister Narendra Modi outside Jayalalithaa’s Poes Garden residence, suddenly someone doused himself in kerosene. He was overpowered by party workers, before he could set himself on fire.

Emotional scenes played out too when a woman collapsed outside her residence.

The scene outside DMK member M Karunanidhi’s Gopalapuram residence in Chennai was starkly contrasting. DMK workers cut a cake and distributed sweets while the party’s members spent almost the entire day in a huddle at Karunanidhi’s residence.

Incidents of violence were mainly reported from Madurai and Kancheepuram. A government bus was allegedly set on fire by AIADMK workers in Kancheepuram. In Vellore, instances of stones being pelted at vehicles bearing Karnataka were reported.

While most shops in Chennai and adjoining areas downed shutters since the afternoon, in some places AIADMK workers forcibly brought the shutters down. The party workers themselves seemed to be exercising some amount of restraint.

There was some tension outside the Gopalapuram residence of Karunanidhi and Swamy later in the day. A huge posse of police personnel was later deployed and stone pelting protesters where kept at bay.