How a Periyar statue in Vellore was vandalised

A statue of social reformer and founder of Dravidian movement EV Ramasamy Periyar was allegedly vandalised in Tamil Nadu's Vellore district tonight, police said.

The incident came after a BJP leader H Raja indicated that statues of the rationalist leader could be the next to be pulled down.

Earlier a statue of the Communist icon, Lenin was razed by suspected BJP workers in Tripura.