Police said they held the rally without permission in an ecologically sensitive place.

Police said they held the rally without permission in an ecologically sensitive place.

Police said they held the rally without permission in an ecologically sensitive place.

Kannur: Pazhayangadi Police have registered a case against Afra Shihab and 29 other identifiable persons of the Girls Islamic Organisation for holding a pro-Palestine rally without permission at the ecologically sensitive Madayi Para. 

As per the FIR registered, police said the rally in which the participants waved flags and banners was held in the evening on Friday (the Thiruvonam day) in an attempt to create a wedge between communities.

They have been booked under sections 189(2), 191(2), 192, and 190 of the BNS for unlawful assembly, rioting, and hiring to join rioters. Police said 30 activists gathered on Madayi Para without permission to hold a pro-Palestine rally in such a manner as to create a wedge between followers of various religions.

Police took a suo motu case after receiving complaints from credible sources against the rally and their slogans, which were intended to create division in society.

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