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Tension prevails as petrol bomb attack on Hindu Munnani leader`s house
A petrol bomb was hurled at the house of a Hindu Munnani leader by some miscreants in the wee hours on Monday in neighbouring Tirupur, causing damage to the building, police said.
Coimbatore: A petrol bomb was hurled at the house of a Hindu Munnani leader by some miscreants in the wee hours on Monday in neighbouring Tirupur, causing damage to the building, police said.
The attack was carried out on the house of Hindu Munnani's Tirupur treasurer, Shanmugam at around 2 AM. The portico of house suffered some damage in the incident, they said.
Protesting the attack, the outfit has called for a bandh in Tirupur tomorrow.
The Hindu Munnani along with Tirupur Industrial Protection Committee, of which Shanugham is a member, appealed to the traders and establishments to support to shutdown.
The attack comes a day after a similar incident on the house of a Hindu Munnani leader in Vellore district.
Three unexploded crude petrol bombs were reportedly found at a divisional functionary's house in Vellore yesterday.