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Afraid of constabulary action, galore of the section enactment committee leaders and members who were astatine ample pursuing a clash with constabulary implicit the contamination issues caused by the Ambayathode-based poultry rendering unit did not crook up for voting till 1 p.m. connected Thursday (December 11, 2025).
Those kept distant from voting besides included Babu Kudukkil, the president of the enactment committee who is contesting from ward fig 11 of the Thamarassery panchayat. The Police had issued a look retired announcement against him aft helium filed information papers to contention the elections connected Indian Union Muslim League ticket.
Sources said the bulk of the protesters booked successful transportation with the incidental were from Kattippara, Thamarassery, Omassery and Kodenchery grama panchayats. Though the elector turnout was supra 30 percent by noon successful those panchayats, the intensified constabulary surveillance prompted galore to stay successful their hideouts.
Meanwhile, immoderate of the enactment committee members facing ineligible enactment claimed that they exercised their rights successful the greeting itself unmindful of the constabulary presence. They besides hinted that immoderate ineligible enactment against them would beryllium fought collectively.
“We person noticed the preparations of the constabulary to zero successful connected immoderate of our members who turned up for voting successful Kodenchery panchayat. There volition beryllium beardown absorption successful lawsuit of immoderate determination to apprehension them,” said a elder person of the section enactment committee. He said the constabulary should respect the antiauthoritarian rights of citizens and should not make a scary country with dense deployment adjacent the polling booths.
It was connected October 21 that the discarded rendering portion was unopen pursuing arson and unit triggered by an agitated radical wrong the enactment committee. Several section protesters and constabulary officers were among those who sustained injuries successful the clash successful which a information of the mill was acceptable connected occurrence isolated from vandalising astir 15 vehicles.
Over 300 persons who reportedly took portion successful the unit were aboriginal booked nether assorted sedate sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita. A peculiar probe squad nether the supervision of Deputy Inspector General of Police Yathish Chandra had besides been constituted to probe the lawsuit which initially led to the apprehension of implicit 30 persons.
