Forty one BJP workers were arrested at Mettupalayam in the district today when they burnt the Pakistani flag to protest the recent killing of Indian jawans on the Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir.
The workers raised slogans against Pakistan and demanded India take military action against the neighbouring country, police said.
Some workers burnt the Pakistan flag to show their anger over the killings and others raised slogans, following which all of them were arrested, police said.