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Footwear Hurled At Tamil Nadu Finance Minister's Car

A man was detained after footwear was hurled at the car of Tamil Nadu Finance Minister Palanivel Thiaga Rajan here when he was returning after paying homage to a slain Indian army soldier hailing from the district.

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Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin (R) and State Finance Minister P.T. Palanivel Thiaga Rajan (L)
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A man was detained after footwear was hurled at the car of Tamil Nadu Finance Minister Palanivel Thiaga Rajan here when he was returning after paying homage to a slain Indian army soldier hailing from the district.

Rifleman D Lakshmanan, a resident of T Pudupatti village in the district, was among the army personnel killed in a terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir's Rajouri on Thursday.  His mortal remains reached here for the last rites. The minister, officials, and state BJP chief K Annamalai paid tributes to the departed soldier.

Police said there was a heated exchange between the minister and BJP cadres present at the venue,  as he asked why the party men had come for a government event organized to pay homage to the martyr, leading to some argument.

Thiaga Rajan was leaving the airport when some suspected BJP workers blocked his car, even as a slipper hurled at the vehicle got stuck in its windscreen.

Police said one person has been detained for questioning.

(Inputs from PTI)