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Advocate hurt in scuffle with airport security guards

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Press Trust of India Madurai
An advocate was allegedly injured in a scuffle with CISF personnel when he and his colleagues tried to enter the airport here to picket the runway as part of their protest over the Sri Lankan Tamils issue.

Police said the protesters damaged Congress flags on their way to the airport and burnt portraits of central leaders besides setting afire an effigy of the Sri Lankan President.

The advocate was injured in the scuffle with the CISF personnel manning the airport, they said.

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First Published: Mar 20 2013 | 7:35 PM IST

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