Ayyappa Devotees get Thrashen by Tollgate Workers Near Madurai: At least 4 Ayyappa Devotees heads were cracked in a brawl in Toll Gate in Madurai district. A group of Ayyaap Devotees from Chennai had been in a quarrel with the workers of Kappalur Toll Gate in the Madurai district get thrashed by the workers on January 9, 2020.
As per the source, the problem that araised between the devotees and the workers was due to the FASTag. The devotees who were returning from Sabarimala after their religious trip. When they got near the Kappalur Toll Gate where they found a long-standing queue of vehicles. But, when the devotees saw the FASTag lane, they decided to pass through the lane as they were aware that only January 15, 2020, had been set as the last date for amending FasTag.
The worker of the Toll Gate stopped the devotees' van. As per the source, the workers demanded the van driver to pay double the amount citing the lane as only for FASTag vehicles. For that, the devotees asked the worker how can the toll charge double when FASTag has not been mandated by the government yet. The devotees refused to pay the charge.