Unidentified persons today hurled a 'petrol bomb' at the house of a BJP functionary here but there was no damage or casualties, police said.
The functionary, Ramanathan was getting ready to go to Tiruchirapalli, where Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi is scheduled to address a rally, when the petrol bomb fell in the portico and exploded, police said.
Security guards, provided by city police, asked Ramanathan not to venture out and have launched a hunt for the culprits.
