Chennai: Thanthai Periyar Dravida Kazhagam (TPDK) owned responsibility for the restaurant attack, while members of Naam Tamizhar Katchi and other little-known outfits picketed branches of Karnataka Bank in several parts of the state.
Seven Volvo buses bearing Karnataka registration numbers were attacked in Rameswaram on Monday morning when agitated members of various outfits including Naam Tamizhar Katchi allegedly indulged in vandalism.
The group entered the parking lot of the temple near Agni Theertham sea in the town and damaged the vehicles with clubs and stones, police said. Cases have been registered against seven persons in connection with the episode, police said.
At Vellore in Tamil Nadu, students of Government Law College boycotted classes over the issue. For the eight consecutive day, buses to Mysuru, Chamrajnagar and other places in Karnataka from Erode, Tirupur and Coimbatore in western Tamil Nadu were not operated.
