Prevented from attacking him, three men threw country-made bombs at the office of a town panchayat president in Tamil Nadu, who had a narrow escape.
Pattali Makkal Katchi (PMK) Leader MA Stalin, who is a town panchayat president in Thanjavur district, said the incident occurred when he was in his office on Thursday. "I took refuge in the toilet and locked myself inside. Otherwise, they would have killed me," Mr Stalin told NDTV.