Rajiv Gandhi statue found damaged in Chennai

Unidentified persons damaged a statue of former PM Rajiv Gandhi prompting angry reactions from the Congress which claimed "sympathisers" of banned LTTE could be behind the incident.

Unidentified persons on Friday damaged a statue of former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi prompting angry reactions from the Congress which claimed "sympathisers" of banned LTTE could be behind the incident.

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Police said the statue at Kodungaiyur in north Chennai was found damaged but no arrests have been made so far.

Condemning the incident, TNCC president K V Thangkabalu demanded immediate arrest of those responsible.

In a statement in Chennai, he expressed apprehensions that sympathisers of the banned LTTE could be behind the incident, apparently referring to the MDMK, whose leaders Vaiko and M Kannappan were arrested in Chennai on Thursday for making pro-LTTE speeches at a public meeting on Tuesday.

Meanwhile, Congress workers staged protest demonstrations at various places in the city against the incident.