By TwoCircles.net staff reporter,
Vellore (Tamilnadu): A tense situation has followed the publication of cartoon of Prophet Muhammad in Dinamalar, a Tamil daily on September 1.
Various Muslim organizations of the state have condemned the cartoon. S.A. Anwar, Secretary of Tamil Nadu Muslim Munnetra Kazhagam, told TwoCircles.net that all the Muslim organizations have condemned the provocative cartoons and some of them have even called for the statewide strike today.
But the situation became ugly when thousands of Muslim youths were gathered on the Chennai- Bangalore road in order to condemn and protest against the publication of the cartoons. The traffic on the road was virtually blocked because of the huge gathering for hours.
The crowd expressed their anger by pelting stones at the government buses and at the office of the Tamil daily.
The police resorted to lathi charge after which around 25 people were arrested.
There are reports that one of the employee of Dinamalar newspaper has been arrested for hurting the religious senitment of the community.