Slippers hurled at Kamal Haasan's vehicle during election meet

In an election meeting in Tirupparankundram Assembly constituency of Tamil Nadu, a slipper was thrown at Kamal Haasan's vehicle. One person has been detained in the matter.

Madurai (TN): Slippers were hurled towards a vehicle from which actor-turned-politician Kamal Haasan was addressing an election meeting in the Tirupparankundram Assembly constituency in Tamil Nadu on Wednesday evening, police said.

One person has been detained, the police said, adding that the slippers missed the target and fell on the crowd.

Haasan, the founder of new political outfit Makkal Needhi Maiam (MNM), kicked up controversy this week with his comment that free India's first extremist was a Hindu, a reference to Mahatma Gandhi's assassin Nathuram Godse.