Summary:
Coimbatore, Sept 26 (PTI): Security has been tightened in Mettupalayam, near here, on Sunday a day after an attack on a functionary of a caste outfit by two unidentified motorcycle-borne persons, police said.
The functionary, attacked with an iron rod while he was riding a motorcycle to the office of the outfit, has been hospitalised, the police said.
Over 300 personnel have been deployed to maintain law and order, they said adding that efforts have been taken to catch the assailants.
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