Tamil Nadu: Petrol bombs hurled at BJP HQ, party demands NIA probe

Chennai: BJP Tamil Nadu Unit Chief K. Annamalai demanded a probe by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) into the petrol bomb attack on Party State headquarters "Kamalalayam" in the city, in the wee hours of Thursday.

Alleging that law and order situation in the state had deteriorated after the DMK came to power in May last year, Mr Annamalai, talking to reporters after inspecting the incident spot, refused to accept the confession given by the arrested person that the incident was a fall out of NEET issue.

Stating that the accused was a history-sheeter, he doubted whether the arrested person know anything about NEET.

Alleging that the attack took place at somebody's instigation, Mr Annamalai said the conspirators must be arrested, while demanding that the probe into the petrol bomb attack should be handed over to the NIA.

Mr. Annamalai also claimed the ruling DMK was tapping his phone and that of his party leaders and demanded an independent High Court monitored probe into it. He also said that after the DMK government came to power it had downgraded his security from Y-category to X-category.

"A lone gunman is giving me protection. But I am not bothered about it,” he said and claimed that police pickets posted at both the ends of the street where the BJP office was situated was also removed. (UNI)