Thugs attack Madurai Mihin office

Thugs, 8 in number, barged into the Mihin air sales office in Madurai and ransacked the office at about 8 am on March 6.

It is reported that the officers fled the place when the thugs entered the office.

Currently, the sales office is sealed and temporary shut down.

Mihin officials say if the unrest continues they will have to shut the operation of sales office in Madurai temporarily.
 
Accroding to Indian Express, activists belonging to pro-Tamil organisations including Aathi Thamizhar Peravai and Naam Tamizhar Iyakkam earlier blocked the road

The protesters demanded that the Union Government vote against Sri Lanka at the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) meeting in Geneva, officials said.
 
They also shouted slogans against the Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa for alleged war crimes against ethnic Tamils.
 
The glass windows of the office, located in a city hotel, were damaged, and further inquiry is on, police said. They added that 30 people have been arrested.
 
Members of the Aathi Thamizhar Peravai also attempted to block trains at the railway junction here, but were detained by police.

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