The Thrissur Town East Police on Wednesday registered a case against Thrissur Corporation Mayor M.K. Varghese and his driver Laurence for allegedly attempting to hit protesting Opposition councillors with his car.
The case has been registered under IPC 308 (attempt to commit culpable homicide) and IPC 324 (voluntarily causing hurt by dangerous weapons). The driver is the first accused and the Mayor, the second in the case.
The incident happened on Tuesday when the UDF councillors who were protesting against the poor quality of drinking water distributed in the city tried to stop the Mayor’s car. The UDF councillors alleged that driver Laurence deliberately tried to hit them, who were “protesting peacefully”, on the direction of the Mayor.