A tense situation prevailed near Kanhangad following an attempt to disrupt the women’s wall on Tuesday. The police used canes and teargas to disperse people who attempted to upset the campaign.
The police said the tension arose when a large number of people, allegedly Bharatiya Janata Party workers, assembled on the rail track at Chettukundu under the Bekal police station limits and set fire to dry grass along the track to prevent people crossing it to reach the National Highway just 20 metres east of the track. They pelted stones at the police when they tried to disperse them. The police used canes and burst teargas shells to disperse the troublemakers.
According to the police, several police personnel were injured in the stone pelting. Many women who reached the area to join the wall fled.
Chettukundu is a BJP-dominant area. The situation in the area was tense even after the end of the campaign.
A large posse of police personnel were deployed in the area in view of the tension.
In Kasaragod district, Health Minister K.K. Shylaja read out the renaissance pledge for the participants of the campaign.
