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Union Minister V Narayanasamy today called for stringent punishment to individuals and organisations supporting the banned LTTE in Tamil Nadu and Puducherry.

"The authorities concerned should take stringent action against any individual or organisations supporting the LTTE in Tamil Nadu and Puducherry," the Minister of State for Planning, Parliamentary Affairs and Culture told reporters here.

He condemned the petrol bomb attack on the house of former Union minister and Congress leader E V K S Elangovan here on Friday. Three persons of a little known pro-Eelam outfit were arrested in this connection.

Petrol bombs were hurled on the residence of Elangovan, a strident LTTE critic. The attack came after he had torn down posters and banners eulogising slain LTTE founder V Prabhakaran on his birth anniversary at Erode on the day.

Elangovan was not present during the attack. But some furniture were damaged.