MALAPPURAM: Hotel owner Shakeer has denied BJP national vice president A P Abdullakutty’s allegation of manhandling him. He said there was no attempt of manhandling him and he came to know about it only Friday morning, he said.

‘No one has manhandled him. No one tried to insult him in the hotel. I don’t know whether anyone attacked him outside the hotel. I came to know about his complaint this morning,’ he said.

Abdullakutty had alleged that there was an attempt to manhandle him just before the accident happened in the night.

Abdullakutty's car was hit by a truck in Malappuram last night while he was on his way to Kannur from Thiruvananthapuram. The truck driver identified as Susail, native of Vengara in Malappuram, has been arrested and a case has been registered at the Kadambuzha police station. The contract lorry carrying goods for public works hit Abdullakutty’s car. The accident is suspected to be a planned one and he had alleged that the truck hit his car twice.