The Pazhayangadi police have registered a case towards 14 Democratic Youth Federation of India (DYFI) employees for assaulting Youth Congress members who have been waving black flags at Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan and different Ministers in Kannur, Kerala. The incident occurred after the Navakerala Sadas session within the Kalyasseri Meeting constituency at Madayipara on November 20, 2023.
The case has been filed beneath numerous sections of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), together with tried homicide (Part 307 learn with 149), together with Sections 143, 147, 148, 341, 323, and 324. In keeping with the FIR, the assault concerned using a helmet, a plant pot, and an iron rod, leading to accidents to the Youth Congress employees.
The assault occurred because the Chief Minister and the Ministers have been en path to Taliparamba as a part of the Navakerala Sadas. Following the departure of the Navakerala Sadas bus, DYFI activists reportedly attacked the Youth Congress members utilizing helmets and plant pots. The melee was captured on video, which has since gone viral on social media.
A tv channel cameraman was additionally crushed up whereas filming the incident.
Subsequently, CPI(M) and DYFI activists staged a protest on the Pazhayangadi police station, alleging a scarcity of safety by the police who, they mentioned, failed to stop the Youth Congress members from reaching the police station with black flags. A scuffle ensued between the activists and the police in the course of the protest.
Within the aftermath, Youth Congress leaders Sudisha Vellachal, Rahul, Mahita Mohanan, and Sai Sharan, who have been severely injured within the conflict, have been admitted to a personal hospital at Taliparamba. Sudisha is alleged to be in important situation and is within the ICU.
The police are but to file assertion from him.