The Raj Bhavan has put out a media release clarifying its version of the petrol bomb attack on Wednesday. It said that around 2.45 p.m., a drastic and a serious attack was carried out on the Constitutional Head of the State of Tamil Nadu.
“Some miscreants, armed with petrol bombs, tried to barge in through the Main Gate No. 1 of the Raj Bhavan, Chennai. However, alert sentries prevented them from entering the Raj Bhavan and a grave untoward incident was averted,” the statement read.