A total of 35 activists of Thanthai Periyar Dravida Kazhakam (TPDK), led by its general secretary K Ramakrishnan, were arrested, police sid.
The demonstration was organised to protest against the Centre for giving its nod to an environmental assessment study by Kerala to construct a dam across river Siruvani, the lifeline of three western districts of Tamil Nadu, including Coimbatore, they said.
The protesters raised slogans against the Centre and also the Kerala government.
A local judge, deputed by the Madras High Court, has however given a clean chit to the foundation, saying the inmates were staying in the centre at their own will.
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