A magistrate court in Thiruvananthapuram on January 9 completed hearing arguments for and against releasing Youth Congress (YC) State president Rahul Mamkootathil on bail. It has reserved its orders for later in the day.
A police team from Thiruvananthapuram arrested Mr. Mamkootathil from his residence in Pathanamthitta early in the day in connection with the violence during a Congress protest in front of the Government Secretariat on December 20.
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