After attack on house, stones thrown at Tamil actress Khushboo

Actress and DMK leader Khushboo on Thursday escaped unhurt when some unidentified persons threw stones and footwear at her while she was coming out of a hotel in Tiruchirappalli, police said. The miscreants shouted slogans, ‘Khushboo is anti-DMK, anti-Stalin’ before fleeing the spot, police sources said. [caption id=“attachment_617628” align=“alignleft” width=“380”] Reuters[/caption] The actress and DMK member was in the city to attend the wedding of DMK Rajya Sabha MP Tiruchi N Siva’s daughter, where Mr Karunanidhi and Mr Stalin were also present. Speaking to reporters, Khushboo said her house in Chennai was also attacked. “I am in panic now since I got a telephonic message from my family that my house in Chennai has been attacked. I am worried about my children.” The attack comes against the backdrop of her interview to a Tamil magazine in which she reportedly spoke about Mr. Stalin’s elevation as heir-apparent. Mr. Karunanidhi had recently publicly acknowledged Mr. Stalin’s rise in the party hierarchy. The actress, in an interview to a Tamil magazine had said that although DMK chief M Karunanidhi had proposed Stalin’s name as his successor, a decision on the same could only be taken after a vote of the general council, since the party was a democratic one. “People have misunderstood and misinterpreted my version in the Tamil Magazine. I have not made any wrong statement about Stalin or the decorum of the party. I am loyal to the party and obey what the leaders say,” she said. PTI