A German journalist and his associate were denied entry into Idinthakarai, the epicentre of the ongoing campaign against the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project, on Monday.

Police sources said Sandra Peterson, South Asia correspondent of German Radio Network, and its Indian correspondent Anuj Saxena had come to Kudankulam to gather information about the KKNPP and the ongoing agitation against the ready-to-be-commissioned nuclear reactors.

When they went to Kudankulam police station for obtaining formal permission to visit Idinthakarai, the police made enquiries with them for a while. Though they produced their identity cards, they were not allowed to proceed, but sent back to Kanyakumari. " Special Correspondent