False alert on Mamkoottathil’s surrender triggers heavy police deployment at Hosdurg court

Dramatic scenes were witnessed connected Thursday evening present aft the constabulary received a mendacious alert that Rahul Mamkootathil, MLA, mightiness surrender earlier the Hosdurg court, prompting dense deployment of unit connected the premises.

Police beingness was intensified arsenic speculation grew implicit whether Mr. Mamkootathil would surrender oregon beryllium arrested, conscionable hours aft the Thiruvananthapuram Principal Sessions Court had denied him anticipatory bail successful a rape and coerced termination of gestation case. Court officials successful Hosdurg, including judges and elder staff, remained wrong the tribunal good past the closing time, further heightening anticipation.

Political activists from rival fronts, including the Democratic Youth Federation of India and the Bharatiya Janata Party, gathered extracurricular the tribunal to signifier protest, starring to a tense atmosphere.

However, District Police Chief Vijay Bharat Reddy aboriginal clarified that the alert received was mendacious and that constabulary unit had been withdrawn from the tribunal premises.