Sri Lankan pilgrims were targeted for the second day today with three buses carrying them to the Tiruchirapalli airport attacked by activists of Tamil outfits. Sticks and stones were hurled by the activists near Kattur at three of the seven buses carrying 178 pilgrims on their way to fly back home, leaving three with bruises as they rushed out of the vehicles, police said. The group earlier faced the ire of Tamil outfits in the morning at the Christian shrine at Velankanni when they tried to block their vehicles while returning after prayers.
before two days ago,
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa ordered for sending back two Sri Lankan football teams which were undergoing training in Chennai.
