Thiruvananthapuram/Kannur: A
day after Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy was injured in stone pelting
allegedly by LDF workers in Kannur, police Monday booked 17 CPM activists for
attempt to murder as the ruling and the opposition engaged in blame game over
the incident.
Chandy, who arrived in the state capital in the wee hours, is undergoing treatment at the Medical College hospital for the forehead injury and swelling on the chest, hit by a stone during the incident in Kannur. Doctors attending on 70-year-old Chandy said his condition was stable but advised complete rest for three days compelling him to cancel all engagements, including the mass contact programme at Kollam Tuesday.
In overnight search, police rounded up 22 CPM workers from different parts of Kannur and arrested 17 of them, who were remanded. They had been charged with IPC 307 (attempt to murder),324 (voluntarily causing hurt by dangerous weapons or means) and other sections including unlawful assembly. The police also registered cases against a large number of CPM leaders, including MLAs from the district K K Naryanan and C Krishnan.
State Home Minister Thiruvanchur Radhakrishnan said the incident during a LDF protest was a "planned attack" and wanted the CPM to leadership to call off their agitation over the solar scam. "What happened yesterday was a planned attack as the LDF volunteers have been blocking the Chief Minister's engagement across the state for the last five months, the Minister told reporters.
CPM state Secretary Pinarayi Vijayan vehemently denied involvement of LDF workers in the attack and dared the government to conduct a thorough investigation to track down the real culprits instead of haunting the CPM activists. Chandy had a steady stream of visitors including Governor Nikhil Kumar, CPM stalwart and opposition leader V S Achuthanandan and ministers and Congress leaders. President Pranab Mukherjee and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh called Chandy over phone and enquired about his health, official sources said.
The ongoing campaign by CPM-led LDF over solar panel scam turned violent last evening as protesters allegedly pelted stones at Chandy at Kannur, where he had gone to attend a couple of engagements including the valedictory of the state police athletic meet. In view of the incident,the state government has proposed to provide "Z" category security to Chandy.
Squarely blaming the CPM for the attack on Chandy, KPCC President Ramesh Chennithala said it showed the party was resorting to violent means as their campaigns failed to receive people's support. The contention of Pinarayi Vijayan was not going to be taken seriously by the people as it was only a face-saving excuse, Chennithala told reporters. "The CPM cannot absolve itself from the incident. What has happened has shamed Kerala as an elected chief minister had been premeditatedly targetted", he said. The Congress also organised protest meetings across the state in the evening over the incident. The district leaders of the LDF in Kannur alleged the stone-pelting was the handiwork of a hired goons brought engaged by some Congress leaders to malign the LDF.
Chandy, who arrived in the state capital in the wee hours, is undergoing treatment at the Medical College hospital for the forehead injury and swelling on the chest, hit by a stone during the incident in Kannur. Doctors attending on 70-year-old Chandy said his condition was stable but advised complete rest for three days compelling him to cancel all engagements, including the mass contact programme at Kollam Tuesday.
In overnight search, police rounded up 22 CPM workers from different parts of Kannur and arrested 17 of them, who were remanded. They had been charged with IPC 307 (attempt to murder),324 (voluntarily causing hurt by dangerous weapons or means) and other sections including unlawful assembly. The police also registered cases against a large number of CPM leaders, including MLAs from the district K K Naryanan and C Krishnan.
State Home Minister Thiruvanchur Radhakrishnan said the incident during a LDF protest was a "planned attack" and wanted the CPM to leadership to call off their agitation over the solar scam. "What happened yesterday was a planned attack as the LDF volunteers have been blocking the Chief Minister's engagement across the state for the last five months, the Minister told reporters.
CPM state Secretary Pinarayi Vijayan vehemently denied involvement of LDF workers in the attack and dared the government to conduct a thorough investigation to track down the real culprits instead of haunting the CPM activists. Chandy had a steady stream of visitors including Governor Nikhil Kumar, CPM stalwart and opposition leader V S Achuthanandan and ministers and Congress leaders. President Pranab Mukherjee and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh called Chandy over phone and enquired about his health, official sources said.
The ongoing campaign by CPM-led LDF over solar panel scam turned violent last evening as protesters allegedly pelted stones at Chandy at Kannur, where he had gone to attend a couple of engagements including the valedictory of the state police athletic meet. In view of the incident,the state government has proposed to provide "Z" category security to Chandy.
Squarely blaming the CPM for the attack on Chandy, KPCC President Ramesh Chennithala said it showed the party was resorting to violent means as their campaigns failed to receive people's support. The contention of Pinarayi Vijayan was not going to be taken seriously by the people as it was only a face-saving excuse, Chennithala told reporters. "The CPM cannot absolve itself from the incident. What has happened has shamed Kerala as an elected chief minister had been premeditatedly targetted", he said. The Congress also organised protest meetings across the state in the evening over the incident. The district leaders of the LDF in Kannur alleged the stone-pelting was the handiwork of a hired goons brought engaged by some Congress leaders to malign the LDF.
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