Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha (BJYM) activists raise slogans near a ‘pookalam’ made outside the Kerala Secretariat. PIC/ PTI
Water cannons were used to disperse Youth Congress activists protesting outside the Kerala Secretariat in Thiruvananthapuram on Monday. The demonstrators were demanding the dismissal of police personnel accused of brutally assaulting one of their leaders in custody at Kunnamkulam police station in Thrissur two years ago
A large number of YC workers, who gathered in front of the Secretariat and the office of the Superintendent of Police in Palakkad, attempted to push away the policemen and move forward
Some of the protesters even tried to scale the metal compound walls of the Secretariat, but were foiled by the police
The agitators attempted to pull down the barricades and engaged in heated arguments with the law enforcers, raising slogans against them
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