Kanyakumari: Tension prevailed at Kuzhithurai in Kanyakumari district after a saffron cloth was found on the iron railings put up at the pedestal of the statue of dravidian stalwart and former Tamilnadu Chief Minister C N Annadurai by some miscreants.
Sources said waste materials like old serial bulbs and dried flowers were also found on the pedestal and they were immediately removed.
A large number of DMK and MDMK men gathered at the spot and protested demanding the arrest of the culprits who indulged in the act.
Senior police officers visited the spot and conducted inquiry. Police pickets were deployed at the spot.
Meanwhile, leaders of various political parties, including DMK president M K Stalin, MDMK general secretary Vaiko and Pattali Makkal Katchi founder Dr S Ramadoss strongly condemned the incident and urged the government to take stern action against those who insult the statues of leaders.
It may be recalled that unidentified men desecrated the statue of AIADMK founder and former Chief Minister MGR by draping a saffron shawl on 23 July at Puducherry after the statue of E V Ramasamy (Periyar) was desecrated by splashing saffron-coloured liquid at Sundarapuram in Coimbatore on 17 July.