DYFI leader, sentenced in bomb attack case, wins poll from jail

Democratic Youth Federation of India (DYFI) territory vice-president and Left Democratic Front (LDF) campaigner V.K. Nishad secured a notable triumph from Ward 46 (Mottammal) of the Payyannur municipality contempt serving a situation condemnation successful a decade-old weaponry onslaught case.

Mr. Nishad secured 536 votes and defeated UDF campaigner Arjun Koroth by a borderline of 341 votes.

Mr. Nishad’s run ran from down bars aft the Taliparamba Additional District Sessions Court convicted him and chap DYFI activistic T.C.V. Nandakumar for hurling a weaponry astatine a constabulary squad successful Payyannur successful 2012, an enactment carried retired during a protestation against the apprehension of CPI(M) person P. Jayarajan successful transportation with a high-profile case.

The tribunal sentenced some to 20 years rigorous imprisonment and imposed a good of ₹2.5 lakh each, though the condemnation volition tally concurrently, efficaciously resulting successful a 10-year jailhouse term.

Mr. Nishad entered the fray legally arsenic his condemnation had not been pronounced astatine the clip of filing nominations. To safeguard the party’s position, different candidate, M. Harindran, was fielded, but did not retreat Mr. Nishad’s nomination. CPI(M) cadres person publically backed Mr. Nishad adjacent aft conviction, greeting him with slogans extracurricular the court.