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Pinarayi Vijayan Condemns Police Action After Student Protest Injuries
Students in Kerala held protests after saying police hurt some student leaders.
During a march to the state government offices, SFI leader PS Sanjeev was injured.
Opposition leader Pinarayi Vijayan visited him in the hospital.
Vijayan said police used batons very harshly.
He also said some female students were hurt during an earlier protest.
The student group wants action against the police officers involved.
Vijayan said many protesters were arrested unfairly.
He described the police response as excessive and called it police raj.
Pinarayi Vijayan visited SFI state secretary PS Sanjeev in hospital after injuries during a Secretariat march.
Vijayan alleged that police brutally lathicharged Sanjeev and targeted vital parts of his body.
He also alleged that male police personnel assaulted female students during an earlier university protest.
The Students' Federation of India said Arya Prasad and Vaishnavi Shaji were injured and hospitalised.
Vijayan alleged unjustified arrests and the use of serious charges, including attempt to murder, against protesters.
- Who
- Pinarayi Vijayan, PS Sanjeev, the Students' Federation of India, and student protesters.
- What
- Vijayan visited an injured student leader and condemned alleged police violence, arrests, and serious charges against protesters.
- Where
- The protests took place in Thiruvananthapuram, including at the Kerala Secretariat and the University of Kerala.
- When
- The visit occurred on Thursday, after protests and clashes on Wednesday and the previous day.
- Why
- SFI was protesting alleged police assaults on its student leaders during an earlier university demonstration.
Key facts
- Visitor
- Pinarayi Vijayan, Kerala's Leader of Opposition
- Injured student leader
- PS Sanjeev, SFI state secretary
- Main protest
- An SFI march to the Kerala Secretariat in Thiruvananthapuram
- Earlier incident
- A clash during an SFI march to the University of Kerala
- Other injured students
- SFI identified central committee member Arya Prasad and state secretariat member Vaishnavi Shaji
- Alleged legal action
- Vijayan said protesters faced arrests and charges including attempt to murder
Quotes
Pinarayi Vijayan
Kerala Leader of Opposition and former chief minister
“He has suffered injuries all over his body. He was beaten with lathis, deliberately targeting vital parts, and the assault was so severe that he was unable to speak properly immediately afterwards.””
deccanchronicle.com
“What we are seeing is an attempt to deal with ordinary democratic protests in Kerala through police raj.”
deccanchronicle.com
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