Their concern was hardly unusual: Japan's Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant disaster a year ago this month stirred up safety worries worldwide.

A bit more unusual, though, has been the Indian government's response to villagers in this hot, dusty southern fishing hamlet.

Late last month in an American science journal, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh accused U.S. and Scandinavian civic groups of funding the protests to hold back India's development.

That accusation was an apparent cue for the Indian security establishment, which then arrested and deported a German visitor traveling in the area on a tourist visa, accusing him of funding the Kudankulam protests.

Read More:

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-india-no-nukes-20120318,0,1975365.story