Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa today suspended a stadium officer here for allowing a Sri Lankan football team to play a friendly tie,terming it as an insult to Tamils and directed that the team be sent back home.   

"The (Nehru) Stadium Officer has no authority to allow matches there and only the Sports Development Authority of Tamil Nadu is authorised to do so. By using an authority thatdid not exist, the official had demeaned the sentiments of Tamil people," she said.   

Jayalalithaa directed Chief Secretary Debendranath Sarangito place the Nehru Stadium Official under suspension and initiate department-level proceedings against him.