Chennai Police on Thursday arrested six persons, who are believed to have hurled crude bombs at the office of Tamil television channel Puthiya Thalaimurai.

All the suspects belonged to Hindu Illaignar Sena, a little-known outfit functioning from Koyambedu, in Chennai.

Chennai City Commissioner S. George said six persons involved in the attack were arrested. The accused – Venugopal (29), Saravanan (24), Siva (22), Murali (32), Raja (22) and Mahadevan (27) – were all employees of a travel agency owned by Jayam Pandi.

 Meanwhile, Jayam Pandi (45), state president of Hindu Illaignar Sena has surrendered before the Judicial Magistrate court in Madurai.

CCTV cameras installed on the office premises captured the images of the attack and preliminary examination by police of the footage revealed dark pictures of the suspects who were also spotted loitering in the area 30 minutes before the attack.

Police have also seized two motocycles, which were used by the suspects to hurl bombs at the office, early Thursday morning.

Police sources said more crude bombs were also seized from the outfit's premises.

Source: TH