The Judicial First Class Magistrate (III), Thiruvananthapuram, on Tuesday remanded Youth Congress (YC) State president Rahul Mamkootathil in judicial custody till January 22 after the police arrested and produced him in court as the prime instigator of the violence that unfolded in front of the Secretariat here during an Opposition protest march on December 20.
Earlier, a police team from Thiruvananthapuram arrested Mr. Mamkootathil from his residence at Nellimukal, near Adoor.
The court’s decision to deny Mr. Mamkootathil bail seemed to portend some legal jeopardy for Leader of the Opposition V. D. Satheesan and Congress legislators Shafi Parambil and M. Vincent who the police had arraigned as accused in the rioting case.
