Security beefed up in TN's Coimbatore after mosque attacked

Chennai, March 5 (IANS) A large number of policemen were deployed in Tamil Nadu's Coimbatore for additional security after a mosque was attacked by some unidentified assailants on Wednesday night, police said.The mosque was not damaged.A petrol bomb was thrown at the mosque late on Wednesday night, in an attack was seen as a retaliatory action for the assault of Hindu Munnani official Anand on Wednesday night while he was returning home after participating in a pro-Citizenship Amendment Act rally.The Hindu Munnani official is undergoing treatment in a hospital in Coimbatore, 500 km from hereA shut down protest has been called on Friday in Coimbatore by Hindu Munnani to protesting against the attack on Anand.
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