Youth Congress (YC) president Rahul Mamkootathil’s pre-dawn arrest sans prior notice from his residence in Pathanamthitta early Tuesday triggered Opposition protests across the State. It also drew sharp criticism from the Congress leadership.
In Thiruvananthapuram, Youth Congress workers demonstrated in front of the hospital where the police took Mr. Mamkootathil for a mandatory medical examination.
At the Museum police station, the police dissuaded Mr. Mamkootathil from speaking to the press while being escorted to the court. Mr. Mamkootathil loudly protested the police decision.
