A life-size statue of social reformer E V Ramasami 'Periyar' was found daubed with saffron colour at Sundarapuram area in Coimbatore on Friday, leading to protests by workers of DMK, MDMK and VCK at the♚ spot.
The workers, who cleaned the statue, demanded the arrest of the culprits and warned that they would intensify their agitatio🌼n if such incidents recurred, police said.
The statue was one oꦿfꦛ the three of the social reformer installed in the city in 1995.
The activists🍬 dispersed after p♛olice assured them that action would be taken.
CPI district secretary V S Sundaram said defacing the statue of Periyar was not acceptable and urged police to take immediate action and aꦯrrest the 'anti-social elements'.
DMK MLA N Karthik also condemned the incident and said that this could be an attempt to destroy peac☂e i♊n Tamil Nadu.
