Coimbatore: A group of persons affiliated to fringe outfit ransacked a Tasmac outlet located near the new Mettupalayam bus stand on Monday. Police said members of Makkal Adhigaram led by its district secretary Manivanan barged into the liquor shop and ransacked it in the evening.
They had also set the shop on fire shouting anti-liquor slogans. A team of police from Saibaba Colony station rushed to the scene and arrested nine persons. Police said that Rs 5 lakh worth liquor has been destroyed by the men.
In two different incidents, police arrested 39 members of DMDK for protesting in front of a liquor shop in Kuniyamuthur and 23 DMDK men including MLA, Panapatti Dinakaran were arrested for protesting for the same cause in Pollachi.
Miscreants set Tasmac shop on fire
The Gurubarapalli police conducted a search to trace miscreants who tried to set Tasmac shop on fire for reasons unknown. In the early hours of Monday, the Gurubarapalli police who were doing their rounds on the Gurubarapalli-Nadusalai road found smoke coming out of the Tasmac shop at Pulliyamsherri village. They alerted the fire and rescue personnel who came to the place and doused the fire.
Initially it was believed that the fire was caused due to an electrical short circuit. Investigations revealed that it was a case of sabotage after police found a hole in the wall at the back of the shop. The police also recovered half burnt rubber scrap material from the place. Police suspect that miscreants may have thrown the burning rubber material into the shop through the hole.
