RSS workers detained for holding drill in Chennai government school, released later

Several members of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh were on Thursday detained and later released by the police in Chennai after they entered the premises of a government school to conduct a drill, PTI reported.

About 40 members of the RSS had held a drill at the school in the Iyyappanthangal area, the Avadi Police Commissionerate said.

A case of trespassing has been registered against the RSS workers based on a complaint from the school authorities, the news agency quoted an unidentified police official as saying.