Coimbatore, Jan 18 (PTI): Two Hindu Munnani activists arrested on the charge of defacing a statue of social reformer 'Periyar' E V Ramaswamy here were detained under the Goondas Act, police said on Tuesday.

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The two had vandalised the statue by smearing it with saffron powder and garlanding it with slippers on January 8 and been lodged in jail here since.

Considering the law and order problem likely to arise due to this, the City Police Commissioner Pradip Kumar issued a detention order, the police said.

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The order was served on the duo early today, they said.

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