A section of members of the South Kerala Diocese of the Church of South India (CSI), who took out a protest march on Sunday against CSI Moderator and South Kerala Diocese Bishop Dharmaraj Rasalam demanding his resignation, clashed with the police at Nandavanam, leaving one person injured.
Santhosh S.L., a participant of the march taken out by the CSI South Kerala Diocese Action Council, was hospitalised with head injuries, the action council leaders said. They alleged that he was injured in the police action.
Forty-three protesters were detained at the Armed Reserve Police Camp at Nandavanam and six others at the Museum police station following the incident. They were later let off on station bail, P.S. Dharmajith, station house officer, Museum police station, said.
