Youth Congress and Kerala Students’ Union (KSU) activists reportedly waved black flags and threw shoes at the convoy carrying Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan and his Cabinet colleagues, who were travelling from Perumbavoor to Kothamangalam in Ernakulam as part of the Navakerala Sadas, on Sunday afternoon.
A shoe was reportedly thrown at the bus carrying the Chief Minister and his colleagues, and another hit an escort vehicle. Security personnel in the convoy rounded up a few activists and beat them using lathis. The activists are said to have waved black flags before the convoy reached the place. The Kurupumpady police are probing the incident, it is learnt.
Eldhose Kunnapilly, MLA, said he was assaulted by DYFI activists when he brought a Youth Congress activist who had been assaulted by them, to a hospital at Perumbavoor. He further alleged that his driver suffered injuries to his nose, as he intervened to save him, with the result that both of them were admitted to the hospital.
