Six persons were today arrested for allegedly conspiring to eliminate leaders of various Hindu outfits in and around the district, police said.
Based on intelligence inputs about the plot in Coimbatore and Tirupur districts, a special team was formed in the city here.
Upon receiving information about five youths moving around in a suspicious manner near the bus stand here, police rushed there and nabbed them.
Interrogation revealed that they were part of a group formed to eliminate leaders of Hindu outfits "working against the interests" of a particular community.
The group was formed after the killing of Rameshkumar, president of Thiruvalluvar district Hindu Munnani in June, they revealed, police said.
"They were waiting for the opportunity to finish Hindu Makkal Katchi president Arjun Sampath and Hindu Munnani leader Mookambikai Mani. There are some more names on their list", police said.
Meanwhile, police arrested another person in Selvapuram who was also alleged to be part of a conspiracy to kill some Hindu leaders.
Police said that as the accused were being produced in the court of the judicial magistrate, one of them allegedly kicked a videographer of a news channel when he approached him for a closer shot. The accused was also alleged to have abused another person from a TV channel, police said.
All six accused have been remanded in judicial custody.
