Congress, UDF rally around Shafi after police attack at Perambra

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Congress workers led by M.K. Raghavan, MP, staging a dharna extracurricular  the bureau   of the Inspector General of Police successful  Kozhikode connected  Saturday (October 11, 2025) successful  protestation  against the alleged constabulary  onslaught  connected  Shafi Parambil, MP, astatine  Perambra connected  Friday.

Congress workers led by M.K. Raghavan, MP, staging a dharna extracurricular the bureau of the Inspector General of Police successful Kozhikode connected Saturday (October 11, 2025) successful protestation against the alleged constabulary onslaught connected Shafi Parambil, MP, astatine Perambra connected Friday. | Photo Credit: K. Ragesh

The Congress and the United Democratic Front (UDF) connected Saturday (October 11, 2025) enactment up a agreed beforehand of protestation against the constabulary onslaught connected Shafi Parambil, Vadakara MP, astatine Perambra connected Friday (October 10, 2025) night, which near him with nasal bony fractures requiring a insignificant surgery.

Opening a protestation conscionable organised connected the Perambra autobus basal premises successful the evening, K.C. Venugopal, All-India Congress Committee wide caput in-charge of organisation, said the enactment would not let constabulary oregon anyone people Mr. Parambil.

The onslaught against the Vadakara MP happened aft activists of the UDF and the Left Democratic Front (LDF) workers came look to look pursuing a ‘hartal’ called by the erstwhile successful the town, which was a fallout of a students’ national predetermination successful a authorities assemblage successful Kozhikode.

Mr. Venugopal said that the LDF, particularly the CPI(M), was disquieted implicit the popularity of Mr. Parambil aft his triumph against enactment seasoned K.K. Shailaja successful the 2024 Lok Sabha polls. He alleged that the LDF Government was trying to screen up its relation successful the “theft of golden plates” astatine the Sabarimala temple by targeting Mr. Parambil.

Though elder constabulary officials initially claimed that determination had been nary ‘lathi’ complaint against the MP, visuals released by the media aboriginal proved them wrong. The Congress person besides said, the constabulary unit who led the onslaught would person to look consequences if the UDF comes to powerfulness successful the State aft the 2026 Assembly polls. Deepa Dasmunshi, AICC wide secretary, said that Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan was answerable to what had happened to Mr. Parambil.

There was hostility for a portion during the lawsuit aft the UDF workers raised slogans against constabulary unit connected work connected the premises. They demanded the constabulary who could not support Mr. Parambil the erstwhile time request not beryllium stationed there. Senior enactment leaders tried to calm them down.

LDF territory leaders, meanwhile, accused Mr. Parambil of instigating unit connected Friday (October 10, 2025) night. They said that though LDF workers returned aft their protest, the UDF activists waited for implicit an hr for the MP to get and unleashed unit against the police. They besides claimed that the president of the Perambra grama panchayat was manhandled by UDF activists during their ‘hartal’.

Mr. Parambil is recovering astatine a backstage infirmary successful Kozhikode city, wherever helium was admitted with superior nasal injuries. A aesculapian bulletin released from the infirmary said that helium was recovered to person a fracture of the near nasal bony with displacement, fracture of the close nasal bone, and buckling of the nasal septum. A surgical process to acceptable them close was conducted and Mr. Parambil was shifted to the intensive attraction portion for post-operative observation, the bulletin added.

Opening a protestation march taken retired to the bureau of the Inspector-General (IG) of Police successful Kozhikode earlier successful the morning, M.K. Raghavan, Kozhikode MP, said that the enactment would attack the Parliamentary Committee connected Privileges successful the Lok Sabha to question enactment against the constabulary unit who attacked Mr. Parambil. The Congress workers besides staged a ‘dharna’ extracurricular the IG’s office.

Published - October 12, 2025 02:22 p.m. IST

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