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Political tensions escalated successful the State superior connected Wednesday pursuing the apprehension of BJP councillor R. Sugathan nether the Kerala Anti-Social Activities (Prevention) Act (KAAPA).
BJP workers, including councillors of Thiruvananthapuram Corporation, took retired a protestation march to the Vattiyurkavu constabulary station. They accused the constabulary of abusing their authorization during the detention.
Mr. Sugathan, who represents the Vazhottukonam ward successful the City Corporation, was taken into custody during a melodramatic late-night constabulary cognition connected Tuesday. He was shifted to the Thiruvananthapuram Central Prison nether preventive detention provisions of the KAAPA Act. The City constabulary person besides registered a caller lawsuit against him for allegedly obstructing the constabulary from discharging their duties and attacking the unit during the apprehension operation.
According to the police, the concern turned tense erstwhile BJP workers gathered extracurricular his location and allegedly attempted to obstruct the arrest. The Station House serviceman fired a informing changeable into the aerial to disperse the assemblage and bring the concern nether power amid the confrontation.
District Police Chief (Thiruvananthapuram City) K. Karthick said preliminary reports indicated that the informing changeable was fired by the serviceman to flooded a volatile situation. A elaborate study is awaited, helium added.
Police officials said the accused has astir 10 transgression cases registered against him and that the preventive detention bid was issued aft owed ineligible process.
However, the BJP councillor told media persons that helium was targeted unfairly with excessive force. He claimed that helium had developed symptoms of chickenpox and had approached the High Court seeking further clip successful proceedings related to his anticipatory bail application.
His woman Aswathy besides accused constabulary officers of physically assaulting her and frightening their children during the apprehension operation. The household has demanded an autarkic enquiry into the behaviour of the constabulary team.
Thiruvananthapuram Mayor and BJP person V.V. Rajesh challenged the constabulary to beryllium that Mr. Sugathan had been booked nether KAAPA. He besides questioned whether the mandated process had been adhered to successful the case.
He besides accused the Vattiyurkavu SHO of repeatedly targeting BJP workers. The officer, helium alleged, has a past of confrontations involving BJP leaders and has been the taxable of complaints earlier elder constabulary officials.
Mr. Rajesh besides alleged that the constabulary enactment was politically motivated and was aimed astatine weakening the BJP-led medication successful the Thiruvananthapuram Corporation.
However, Home Minister Ramesh Chennithala powerfully defended the constabulary operation. He asserted that maintaining instrumentality and bid and ensuring peaceful surviving conditions for citizens was the government’s foremost responsibility.
The Minister besides praised the constabulary officers progressive successful the apprehension operation. “If the constabulary had to occurrence into the aerial portion arresting a goon, I congratulate those officers. Their work is to support instrumentality and bid and support citizens. It is not goons who volition determine however nine functions,” helium said.
