The government should take stern and impartial steps against those who unleash violence in the district, Adoor MLA, Chittayam Gopakumar has said.
Mr. Gopakumar was addressing an all-party meeting convened by District Collector P.B.Noohu here on Monday afternoon in connection with a series of violent incidents in Adoor.
The MLA said the government has already launched effective steps to book all culprits behind the violence in Adoor and surrounding areas above political consideration and ensure peaceful coexistence of the people.
Though district-level leaders of all political parties had been invited for the meeting, BJP leaders abstained from the meeting.
Mr Gopakumar alleged that the BJP’s failure to send its representatives to the all-party meeting itself was a testimony to that party’s pro-violence stance.
The meeting called for systematic and intensive police surveillance and patrolling in the trouble-prone areas in Adoor and Pandalam. District Police Chief T.Narayanan said the police have taken stern action against those who have unleashed violence in different parts of the district in connection with the recent hartal.
677 arrested
Mr Narayanan said 677 persons had been arrested in connection with 267 cases registered at different police stations and 59 accused remanded in judicial custody.
A.P. Jayan, CPI district secretary; T.K.G. Nair, CPI(M) district secretariat member; Babu George, District Congress Committee president; Alex Kannamala, Janata Dal (S) district president; M.A.Raheem, Adoor RDO, and R. Jose, Deputy Superintendent of Police; were among those who attended the meeting.
