Fifteen activists of the Tamil Desiya Viduthalai Iyakkam (Tamil Nationalist Liberation Movement) and Tamil Desa Poduvudamai Katchi (Tamil National Socialist Party) gathered in front of Shastri Bhavan here, which houses various Central government offices, including the passport office and tried to set the flags afire before they were arrested, police said.
Eight persons belonging to Tamil Nationalist Socialist Party were arrested at Coimbatore when they attempted to burn the Sri Lankan national flag near the district collectorate.
Police foiled the activists' attempt to burn the Sri Lankan and Indian flags at the Collectorate, as tight security has been put in place following prior information.
Police overpowered the activists who had a Sri Lankan flag dipped in kerosene and recovered it, besides an Indian Tricolour.
At Erode also, four persons belonging to the organisations were arrested for attempts to burn the flags.
In a press release, the outfits alleged that despite repeated pleas from Tamil Nadu to press Colombo for a ceasefire, the Government of India had not done enough to prevent the "killings" of Lankan Tamils.
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