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Rioting, criminal charges against Vizhinjam police station attackers

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Over 3,000 persons have been booked under unlawful assembly, rioting and criminal conspiracy charges on Monday in connection with the violent attack on the Vizhinjam police station last night as part of the ongoing protest against the under-construction Adani port. In the FIR, police have registered a case against 3,000 identifiable persons including women and children for vandalising the station. As many as 40 police personnel and numerous locals were reported to be injured in the violence that ensued. Police said the mob gathered at Vizhinjam police station demanding release of one accused in a case registered on Saturday. “The mob reached the police station at around 6 pm with iron rods, sticks, stones and bricks and created a hostage situation inside the police station…They threatened to set the police station ablaze if the accused were not released…They damaged five police vehicles inside the police station,” the FIR said.

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2022-11-29T08:00:00.0000000Z

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