Man vandalises Periyar statue in Tamil Nadu’s Ponneri, surrenders
India Today
A man who claimed to have vandalised a statue of social reformer Periyar surrendered before the Tamil Nadu police. He told the police that he damaged the statue using an iron rod at Ponneri bus in Tiruvallur district.
A man identified as Chellakili surrendered before the Tamil Nadu police claiming that he vandalised a statue of social reformer Erode Venkatappa Ramasamy, popularly known as Periyar. Chellakili told the police that he vandalised the statue at the Ponneri bus stand in Tiruvallur district using an iron rod.
The police rushed to the spot and covered the statue with a cloth. Periyar is considered as the father of Dravidian politics and an inspiration for the ruling Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) party.
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