location: Anaikatti
notes: More than 500 members of DMK, VCK, Thanthai Periyar Dravidar Kazhagam (TPDK) and other political and non-political outfits were arrested as they made a bid to enter Kerala through Anaikatti to stage a protest at the site where the Kerala government had begun work on the check dam across the Bhavani river.
target_text: location: Anaikatti, fatalities: 0