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Pazha Nedumaran, leader of Tamizhar Desiya Iyakkam
and at least 164 members of his supporters were held
by the Police in Chennai on Saturday (March 22) for
staging a demonstration in support of LTTE and
against the Sri Lankan and Indian Governments, the
Hindu reported. They were later released.
Nedumaran and members of his movement including a
dozen women had raised slogans in favour of the
banned LTTE.
Police said several "pro-Lankan Tamil groups",
including Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi (VCK-Dalit
Panther) supporters, tried to stage a demonstration
at the Memorial Hall near the railway station,
without permission.
The groups were protesting the sale of arms by
India to Sri Lanka and against the attacks on Tamil
Nadu fishermen, allegedly by the Sri Lankan Navy .
Visiting Highways Minister Jeyaraj Fernandopulle,
meanwhile, maintained that the frequent attacks on
Indian fishermen were carried out by the LTTE and
not by the Sri Lankan Navy.
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