THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The Cantonment police registered a case against six persons in connection with the attack on two police personnel at Palayam here on Wednesday evening.
According to sources, the accused were SFI activists and students of the University College here. The police did not mention the names of the accused in the FIR. The case was registered by invoking non-bailable sections for obstructing police officials from discharging their duties.
Police said that the accused were being identified with the help of video footage of the police's surveillance cameras. Police also claimed that efforts were on to nab the accused.
However, there were allegations that a section of police officials having allegiance to the CPM were trying to sabotage the investigation.
The SFI leadership had maintained that SFI activists were not involved in the incident. But the police suspect that an SFI leader of University College unit Nazim and another SFI activist Aroma were among those who unleashed the attack.
Civil police officers Vinaya Chandran and Sarath attached to the Special Armed Police were injured in the attack. Three students who came in a motorcycle were stopped by the police personnel. As instructed by the students, more students from the University college also reached the spot and roughed up the police personnel. The students also left the spot immediately.
The police came under severe criticism for not nabbing the accused. There were even attempts to cover up the matter.
