Protests were held here and in other parts of Tamil Nadu by cadres of 'Tamilaga Valvurimai Katchi', hours after Andhra Pradesh police gunned down 20 alleged red sanders smugglers today.
Raising slogans against Andhra Pradesh police, the cadres demanded action against police officials "who took law into their own hands by opening fire on Tamil Nadu labourers."
Action like arrest and prosecution could be launched in accordance with law and gullible labourers cannot be eliminated by using the bogey of self-defence, they said.
Protesters demonstrated in front of establishments with an Andhra Pradesh link like the Andhra Club.
Also, protests were held in front of Andhra Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation buses at Koyambedu here and Kancheepuram.
A Cuddalore report, quoting police, said party president T Velmurugan and about 400 activists were taken into custody at Neyveli when they tried to picket a marriage hall owned by the Tirumala Tirupathi Devasthanam (TTD).
Some party activists were taken into custody for trying to picket the Andhra Bank.
Political parties in Tamil Nadu like the DMK, BJP, PMK, had earlier condemned the "brutal" police action in which they claimed 12 victims were labourers from their state.
