Bangalore: A group of unidentified persons tonight (Nov 8) stopped the car in which editor-in-chief of English daily 'The Hindu' N Ram was travelling in Bangalore and searched the vehicle.

Bangalore city police commissioner S Mariswamy said four to five persons speaking in Tamil stopped the car near a five star hotel and searched for "someone".

After they came to know that only Ram and N Murali, joint managing director of the daily were in the car, they ran away he said, adding they did not cause any harm to the occupants.

The Tamil Nadu police are on the look out for five senior journalists of the daily after the State Assembly yesterday (Nov 7) sentenced them to 15 days imprisonment for breach of privilege. A special team of Chennai police arrived in Bangalore this morning in search of the journalists.

The commissioner, however, said it was not sure whether those who stopped Ram's car belonged to Tamil Nadu police.

Ram was returning to the hotel after participating in a function organised as part of the 125th year celebrations of the daily in the city.

Mariswamy said further investigation was on.

PTI