KOZHIKODE: Two cases were charged in Valayam police station limits in connection with the clashes on the election day in Kozhikode. CPM workers K. Mahesh and C. Jabir were injured in separate clashes with the IUML workers at the polling stations. Clashes were reported in Vattoli higher secondary school between KSU and CPM workers and a KSU activist Arun was injured.
But no cases were registered yet, said junior superintendent K. Muraleedharan. No cases were also registered in clashes were three BJP workers were injured in different polling stations in Palath, near Kakkoor. A large number of open votes soon after the polling started led to verbal clashes between the UDF and LDF workers in the health sub centre in Parathode, near Karassery in Thiruvambady.
After the clashes, the central force came to the booth and restored peace. In Kannookkara, near Vadakara, IUML and SDPI workers had a verbal clash, but the timely intervention of police prevented any untoward incidents. In Chemmarathur, a female booth agent of UDF, Sathi Divya Nilayam, complained that she was attacked while preventing fake votes.
