: CPI cadres on Saturday staged a protest here on Saturday, demanding the arrest of those who vandalised the statue of rationalist leader E V Ramasamy Periyar recently.
Around 100 party wporkers held aloft banners with pictures of Periyar and raised slogans, demanding the arrest of the culprits
The Periyar statue located at Salavakkam in neighbouring Kancheepuram was found vandalised on Friday morning.
Various political leaders had condemned the vandalism.
DMK Chief M K Stalin and PMK founder S Ramadoss had demanded strict action against those involved in damaging the statue of the rationalist leader.
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