DYFI activists arrested for beheading Gandhi Statue in Payyanur

KANNUR: Two DYFI activists have been arrested for beheading Gandhi statue in Payyanur. T Amal of Thanissery and M V Akhil of Moorikooval are the two arrested.

It was alleged that the police did not arrest the two despite getting a clear indication about them. KPCC president K Sudhakaran and opposition leader V D Satheesan staged their protests and this was followed by an arrest.

The Gandhi statue was beheaded on the night of June 13, the day when youth congress activists staged protest against Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on the aircraft. The statue installed at the Congress block office in Payyanur was vandalized. The window panes and furniture of the office were smashed.