Tirupur: Miscreants attacked a Shiv Sena functionary’s car while the vehicle was passing through a road where a protest against the citizenship amendment Act was under way on Friday. Muslim outfits including Aikkiya Sunnath Jamath were staging a the protest against the central government for amending the CAA at CTC bus stop junction on Kangeyam Road around 3pm when the incident happened. Police had diverted vehicles at a traffic signal before the CTC bus stop towards Valam Bridge. While all motorists abided by the traffic diversion, Muruga Dineshkumar, a Shiv Sena functionary, refused to take the alternative route and drove through the stretch where the protest was staged. When the vehicle was passing through the crowd, some miscreants hurled stones on the car damaging the windshield.TNN

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