location: Thiruvarur
notes: On December 11, in Tiruvarur, police detained anti-methane project movement leader K Jayaraman, his wife and two of his supporters on Monday when they attempted to stage a protest against ONGC's proposal to start an oil and natural gas exploration project in a village near Nannilam in Tiruvarur district of Tamil Nadu. Police also detained more than 100 villagers for staging a protest demanding the release Jayaraman and others.
target_text: location: Thiruvarur, fatalities: 0