thanjavurchennai the statue of tamil poet and philosopher thiruvalluvar at pillaiyarpatti in thanjavur will be fenced to protect it from miscreants and political activists the statue was desecrated last sunday after attempts to saffronise thiruvalluvar by the bjp created a political furore revenue authorities in the presence of police on thursday started work to construct a boundary wall with iron mesh around the statue around 100 police personnel have been deployed at the village to prevent any further untoward incidentsthe police have put up a barricade on thiruvalluvar street to restrict the entry of protesters the decision to fence the statue was taken after hindu makkal katchi leader arjun sampath draped a saffron shawl around the statue placed a rudraksha garland and applied ash on its forehead before performing an aarathi on wednesday he was subsequently arrestedmeanwhile news about another thiruvalluvar statue having been desecrated in periyakulam in theni district created panic bjp cadres claimed that someone had spilled a black liquid on the statue and cleaned it before garlanding it police however denied that the statue was desecrated