Youth Congress protest turns violent in Kozhikode

Kozhikode: The police move to slap more cases on Youth Congress President Rahul Mamkoottathil has led to widespread protests across the state.

A Youth Congress protest against Mamkoottathil's arrests turned violent in Kozhikode. The police resorted to lathi-charge, water canon and tear gas to disperse the crowd outside Kozhikode District Collectorate. Youth Congress State Secretary VT Nihal was injured in the grenade attack by the police.

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The agitators also picketed the National Highway in front of the Collectorate affecting the traffic on Kozhikode-Wayanad road. According to reports, Youth Congress National secretary Vidhya Balakrishnan and district President R Shahin are under police custody.

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