Three researchers from the Tea Board of Sri Lanka were forced to leave Tamil Nadu, after plans for protests by Tamil groups, according to the police.
The researchers were attending an international training programme in Coonoor, Tamil Nadu, on tea manufacturing and have been in the town for two months.
The Sri Lankans were sent to Bangalore in the neighbouring state of Karnataka after Tamil groups announced that they would hold protests outside the offices of the Tea Board of India.
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