Protest against Jayalalithaa's visit

By Our Staff Reporter

GURUVAYUR, JULY 2. The demonstrations by the BJP-Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha workers during the Tamil Nadu Chief Minister, Ms. Jayalalithaa's visit to the Guruvayur temple, led to a clash between the protesters and the law-enforcers, in which three persons were injured, one of them seriously, and nine arrested.

Police had cordoned off the temple surroundings by about 6.30 a.m., but when Ms. Jayalalithaa reached the temple at 7 a.m., the protesters, numbering about 15, holding black flags, broke the cordon. They trooped towards the temple entrance, as she was about to enter. One of them, who fell down amid the crowd of officials positioned close to Ms. Jayalalithaa, was picked up by police and arrested.

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