Coimbatore: Sculpture The size of the rationalist leader of EV Ramasamy Periyar in front of the Periyar Study Center in Vellalore here was found to be damaged on Sunday.
The statue was found garlanded with a pair of sandals and smeared with colored kazhagam (DK) colored powder officials reached the place after the locals told them on Sunday morning.
They protested in front of the statue and raised slogans.
“We cannot override the involvement of the right-wing extremist behind the incident.
The police must take strict action on the people involved in the incident.
We can also provide full reply, but do not want to make legal problems & orders,” said the district secretary DK Senthilnathan.
Police Inspector Podanur, a Natanan and the team checked the place.
Police officials and functionaries DK move sandals and clean the statue.
The Periyar Dravidar statue official Kazhagam Kazhagam (TPDK), led by Ku Ramakrishnan’s secretary general, held a protest near the Periyar Study Center in Gandhipuram.
“Recently TPDK and other organizations have protested against Shakha RSS conducted at private matriculation schools in Vilankurichi.
We suspect that the right wing people are involved in the incident,” said Ramakrishnan.Police has registered a case against criminals under the part 153 A (promoting hostility between different groups for religious reasons, residence, language., And carrying out acts of prejudice for maintenance of harmony) and 504 (intentional insults with the intention to provoke peace violations) from the Criminal Code.
They checked recording from three CCTV cameras in the area to identify the culprit.