Police have registered cases against nearly 50 Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPI(M)) workers in connection with an attack reported at Panoor in Kannur district on Saturday after the local body election results.
The Kulavallur police said Sarath, Ashwanth, Anuvin, Ashik, Sachin, Jeevan, KK Shanid and 40 other identifiable persons led the attack. The cases were charged under sections of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), Kerala Police Act, 2011, and 3(1) of Prevention of Damage to Public Property Act, 1984, Arms Act and Kerala Prevention of Damage to Private Property and Payment of Compensation Act, 2019. A total of five cases were registered.
According to police, CPI(M) workers unleashed violence in parts of north Kerala soon after the election results were announced.
Swords and explosives were reportedly used in the attacks. Several United Democratic Front (UDF) workers and candidates sustained injuries in the incidents.
In Panoor, CPI(M) workers allegedly created a “reign of terror” by marching with swords and hurling explosives at the UDF’s victory parade. Miscreants allegedly barged into the houses of Indian Union Muslim League workers and assaulted them. Several UDF workers were injured in stone pelting in Paradu town.
Clashes were also reported at Manippara in Ulikkal between CPI(M) and Congress workers. Later, the Congress office at Thuruthmukku in Ermala was attacked allegedly in the presence of police personnel. CPI(M) workers also targeted Indira Bhavan in Ermala. The hands of the Indira Gandhi statue were damaged in the bomb attack.
In Payyanur, CPI(M) workers attacked and damaged the Congress office in Theru. The workers entered by breaking open a locked office.
Published – 14 Dec 2025 18:47 IST
