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NEW DELHI: Hours aft taking oath arsenic Kerala main curate connected Monday, VD Satheesan said a Special Investigation Team (SIT) has been formed to probe attacks connected Congress leaders during erstwhile CM Pinarayi Vijayan-led Nava Kerala Yatra successful 2023.A fierce governmental faceoff had ensued 3 years backmost during the Left authorities erstwhile Congress workers were thrashed for waving achromatic flags astatine Vijayan's motorcade, starring to an aggravated warfare of words betwixt 2 rival factions successful the coastal state.Calling Vijayan Kerala's "most cruel" location minister, elder Congress person MM Hassan had alleged that Youth Congress protesters were beaten up for waving achromatic flags astatine the CM's motorcade."Yesterday, Youth Congress workers waved achromatic flags and marked their protestation against the Nava Kerala Sadas. The UDF workers were brutally attacked. The CM's information besides attacked the Youth Congress workers. The CM is the astir cruel location curate successful the authorities till now. The DGP should instrumentality enactment against these policemen," Hassan had told quality bureau ANI.Alappuzha MLA-elect A D Thomas and Youth Congress authorities caput Ajay Jewel Kuriakose were besides among those who were assaulted connected December 15, 2023.
However, constabulary did not filed a chargesheet successful the case, which besides progressive Vijayan's gunman. Though the mobile telephone and pen thrust that captured the footage of the alleged battle were sent for forensic examination. A territory transgression subdivision officers probing the lawsuit said the probe tin beryllium completed lone aft receiving the results.With UDF gaining powerfulness successful the assembly elections, determination was a increasing request for a thorough probe and strict enactment against the accused. Satheesan, past the absorption leader, had said that they wouldn't hide the brutal beating of their workers. The accused successful the lawsuit see Vijayan's gunman Anil Kumar, information unit subordinate S Sandeep and 3 different identifiable members of the information team.
How the clash unfloded?
While the autobus was passing done General Hospital Junction, constabulary removed Thomas and Kuriakose, who were waving achromatic flags, but Kumar and Sandeep jumped retired of the escort conveyance and bushed the Congress activists with batons.
Although tv channels had broadcast the battle footage, constabulary initially didn't registry a lawsuit based connected the activists' complaint. The activists' ailment besides demanded an probe against main curate for inciting violence.Thomas and Kuriakose moved judicial magistrate archetypal people (JMFC) tribunal 1 aft section constabulary failed to instrumentality immoderate enactment connected their complaint. Thomas suffered a caput wounded and Kuriakose sustained a fracture to his manus from the beating.
After tribunal reviewed the footage, it ordered that a lawsuit beryllium registered.Later, aft main curate received a complaint, the probe was handed implicit to transgression branch. But constabulary initially argued that determination was nary grounds of battle and it was a earthy enactment portion providing information to the main minister. Despite aggregate notices, the gunman didn't appear. Police aboriginal recorded his connection successful Thiruvananthapuram. Meanwhile, during the investigation, the gunman was promoted to the fertile of inspector.
