KOZHIKODE: The laying of survey stones for the K-Rail SilverLine project was met with stiff resistance at Tirur with protesters uprooting the stones and three persons, including municipal chairperson A P Naseema and standing committee chairman Abdusalam sustaining injuries in the faceoff between police and protesters on Wednesday.
The injured sought medical treatment at the Tirur district hospital. "Police used force to remove us and dragged me. Our standing committee chairman was beaten up by the police on the leg," Naseema said.