Thursday, February 27, 2014

Rajiv case: Petrol bombs hurled at office of Tamil outfit

Chennai: Petrol bombs were on Thursday hurled at the office of a local Tamil outfit while statues of Rajiv Gandhi were found damaged in some parts of the city, a day after pro-Tamil outfits and Congressmen clashed over the issue of release of convicts in the assassination case of the former prime minister.

Former PM Rajiv Gandhi.

Former PM Rajiv Gandhi.

Unidentified persons hurled petrol bombs at the Porur head office of Naam Tamilar Katchi, headed by actor-politician Seeman, police said.

Party sources said the incident happened in the wee hours of today but nobody was injured in the incident.

The statues of Rajiv Gandhi were found damaged at Otteri and Vepery and local Congress functionaries staged protest against this.

Workers of pro-Tamil outfit "Tamil Padai" (Tamil Force) had yesterday tried to storm the headquarters of the state Congress Unit to condemn the Centre's stand over the release of convicts in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case.

Later, Naam Tamilar Katchi, also held a protest on the same issue.

PTI


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