DMK leader TKS Elangovan accused the TVK government of a breakdown in policing and prison security, intensifying scrutiny of its law-and-order record. However, he welcomed the long-pending revision of autorickshaw fares.DMK leader TKS Elangovan targets Tamil Nadu CM Vijay over law and order (Photo Credits: PTI) DMK leader TKS Elangovan on Wednesday alleged that Tamil Nadu's law and order situation was the "worst since Independence," claiming that the state had faced serious policing issues in the six months since the TVK government came to power.Elangovan alleged a complete breakdown of the state's law and order system and claimed that at least one murder was taking place every day in Chennai, the Press Trust of India reported.

He cited the daylight murder of a youth in Adyar on Tuesday.Accusing the government of inaction, Elangovan said "nobody cares" and claimed that the administration was failing to act. "The law and order situation in Tamil Nadu was worst since Independence," he said.Elangovan also accused TVK cadres of involvement in several crimes, including drug trafficking and attacks on women and children. He cited an incident near Perambur in which a TVK office-bearer allegedly misbehaved with a two-and-a-half-year-old child, leading to a protest by the child's parents.Elangovan also questioned the administration over security lapses at the Theni sub-jail, from where 17 inmates recently escaped.

Thirteen of them were later re-arrested. "What were the prison officials doing? How can 17 people escape from the prison?" Elangovan told PTI Videos.He also mocked Tamil Nadu Congress Committee chief Manickam Tagore for saying that TVK president and Chief Minister C Joseph Vijay would not allow corrupt individuals to escape.

Elangovan alleged that Tagore was "acting as a chief spokesperson of TVK" instead of functioning as the state Congress president.On civic issues, Elangovan welcomed the state government's decision to revise and fix autorickshaw fares after 13 years. Citing the rise in petrol and diesel prices, he said the fare revision was a positive step that would benefit autorickshaw drivers.Elangovan's remarks focused on alleged failures in policing and prison security under the TVK government, while he welcomed its move to revise autorickshaw fares.- Ends