An unidentified group on Thursday afternoon ransacked the Bank of Ceylon
branch in Egmore and attacked its employees. The attack is suspected to
be orchestrated by a Tamil group in protest against the visit of Sri
Lanka's President Mahinda Rajapaksa to India on Friday.
The group
barged into the Bank complex around 1.30 p.m. and attacked the police
personnel on duty. While some damaged the guard's room other rushed to
the first floor of the branch and vandalised furniture and other items.
They attacked some bank staff including a trainee who is a city college
student, police sources added.
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