MADURAI: Tension prevailed in Tenkasi after eight villagers, who belong to Kallathikulam near Alangulam of Tenkasi district, attempted self-immolation on the premises of the Collectorate on Monday.

The eight villagers were among a large group of people who thronged the Tenkasi Collectorate and joined a protest against a private firm, which has initiated works to build a solar power plant in the village.

When the police held talks with the villagers to convince them to give up the protest, it did not bring a deal, as they stood steadfast in their demands to disallow the solar plant.

Subsequently, a minor scuffle broke out between the villagers and the police, who then brought a couple of buses to arrest them. While a group of villagers entered the buses, two others, who were yet to get

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