00:00Let's turn from there to another kind of battle which is being fought in Tamil Nadu
00:04which is witnessing a fresh wave of murders that have put
00:07the new chief minister Vijay's government under mounting pressure over law and order.
00:13Vijay has now met party MLAs to discuss law and order and their conduct.
00:17But will the government act decisively to curb the rising crime?
00:21It's one of the first tests that the Vijay government is really facing.
00:25Take a look.
00:34Days after Diwali, when over 10 murders took place in Tamil Nadu,
00:38the crime graph is still rising.
00:42In the latest incidents, two people were killed in Chennai.
00:48One victim was brutally murdered in broad daylight,
00:51while another was found with his head smashed and his brain scattered at the scene.
00:56In another daylight murder, a man was hacked to death in Abhiraman Puram.
01:02Six months into the TVK, government's tenure, concerns over law and order are mounting.
01:09Sources tell India today that the centre has fought an assessment from Governor RV R. Lekar
01:15on the law and order in the state.
01:17The governor is meeting the vice president, C.P. Radhakrishnan, in Tuttukuli.
01:22The TVK is under pressure, with Allai Congress 2 slamming the Vijay government over the law and order.
01:51Even as the crimes mount in the state,
01:54two TVK MLAs are also facing allegations of assaulting,
01:57and harassing citizens.
02:00The DMK has accused the TVK government of backing errant MLAs.
02:25The TVK, meanwhile, has maintained that the police will not be biased in their investigations.
02:56Six months into the government's tenure, concerns over law and order persisted.
03:01How long will Chief Minister Vijay take to crack the whip on crime?
03:06Bureau Report, India Today.
