Four including BJP leaders held over attack on DCC office 

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Four including the main accused in the case of attacking Thiruvananthapuram DCC office have been taken into custody. Those taken into custody are BJP district secretary advocate Pradeep, BJP Kulathur mandalam president Sreelal, Aji and Stefin. The police took the four into custody from their hiding place in Tenkasi. The accused held jointly by the commissioner’s special squad and museum police are presently in the Museum Police Station.

The DCC office was attacked in protest against the attack on BJP Thiruvananthapuram south district president. The attacks on the DCC office in the capital city and the Congress mandal committee office in Anavoor were amidst a clash between the Congress and BJP activists over a black flag protest.

Chief Minister V D Satheesan had earlier said that strict legal action will be taken against the culprits. The criminals who attacked the congress offices will be brought before law. The actions of them who threw stones at the DCC office and set fire to the Anavoor Mandalam Committee office are highly condemnable. Some are deliberately trying to disrupt the law and order in the state and it cannot be accepted under any circumstances. Attacking party offices is not the right manner. The chief minister had also clarified that the society in Kerala will never accept such political violences.