Youth Congress workers waved black flags at the motorcade of Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan at Pazhayangadi in Kannur on Monday, the police said. Mr. Vijayan was visiting his home district as part of Navakerala Sadas, an outreach programme of the government, when the Youth Congress members staged the demonstration. The black flags were waved when the motorcade was passing through Eripuram in Pazhayangadi.
Youth Congress leaders alleged that some protesters were attacked by supporters of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) [CPI(M] using ‘‘helmets, sticks, and stones.” The injured workers have been admitted to a private hospital in Taliparamba, they said. The police said they had launched an investigation into the incident. The Youth Congress also alleged that a few of their workers were taken into preventive custody by the police earlier in the day.
