Miscreants hurl petrol bombs at BJP office in Coimbatore
What's the story
Miscreants hurled petrol bombs at the BJP office in Coimbatore early Wednesday morning around 4 am but no one was injured, police said. The miscreants came in an auto-rickshaw and hurled bombs at the office in Siddapudur, but the bombs fell short of the office building. A special police team has been formed to track down the culprits, based on CCTV camera footage.
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Petrol bomb hurled at BJP office earlier today
#WATCH Coimbatore: A petrol bomb was hurled at BJP office earlier today #TamilNadu pic.twitter.com/hl3WRO0aB7
— ANI (@ANI) March 7, 2018
The attack
Attack comes after remarks of BJP national secretary H Raja
The attack comes after the reported remarks of BJP national secretary H Raja on Dravidian leader EV Ramaswamy, known as Periyar, and also the removal of communist icon Vladimir Lenin's statue in Tripura. Visuals of the incident have gone viral on social media. The local unit of the BJP has convened an emergency meeting following the incident, party sources said.
Periyar statues
Forces have been deployed near Periyar's statues
Meanwhile, additional forces have been deployed near Periyar's statues in and around the city, police said. On Tuesday, another Periyar statue's glasses and nose were damaged in Vellore inside the Tirupattur corporation office, according to a report. Two people have been arrested in this regard while one of them has been identified as a BJP worker, the other person as a CPI worker.
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TDPK worker Balu surrenders before Police
#UPDATE Petrol bomb hurled at BJP Coimbatore office: Thanthai Periyar Dravidar Kazhagam(TDPK) worker Balu surrenders before Police. #TamilNadu pic.twitter.com/zLHF891Mje
— ANI (@ANI) March 7, 2018