Probing protesters funds: PC

Strongly batting for early commissioning of Koodankulam project,Home Minister P Chidambaram on Saturday said the Centre was probing the flow of funds allegedly received by the anti-project activists and would take strong action if the money came in a wrong way.

Investigation is going on to know how the protesters are getting funds. If there is anything wrong,if the money came in a wrong way,if it was used for wrong purpose and if accounts were not properly maintained,certainly action will be taken, he told a public meeting to drum up support for the project.

Pointing out that the Indo-Russian atomic power project was started in 1988 and suddenly some people protested against the project,Chidambaram said,Who is this S P Udhayakumar? convener of the Peoples Movement against Nuclear Energy spearheading the stir against the project.

Chidambaram said Rs 13,000 crore has been invested in the project and it was peoples money.