Kerala Chief Minister is justifying brutal police assaults, says KPCC chief Sunny Joseph

The Congress on Wednesday (September 10, 2025) staged mass protests in entrance of police stations throughout the State to denounce the custodial assault on Youth Congress chief V.S. Sujith. The agitation demanded the rapid dismissal of the accused law enforcement officials, legal prosecution, and truthful compensation for the sufferer.

Launching the Statewide protest in entrance of the Kunnamkulam police station, Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) president and MLA Sunny Joseph lashed out on the authorities, accusing Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan of justifying the inhuman and brutal police violence.

“The Pinarayi authorities refuses to offer the culprits the punishment mandated by regulation. Even after the entire of Kerala watched the surprising visuals of Mr. Sujith’s torture, the one one who has not seen it’s the Chief Minister,” the KPCC chief stated in his inaugural handle.

Mr. Joseph slammed the federal government for treating suspensions and transfers as mere eyewash. “Those who gang-beat an harmless youth are unfit to put on ‘khaki’ (police uniform). Instead of dismissing them, the federal government rewarded the officers with handy postings. That is the truth of Pinarayi’s justice,” he charged.

‘Glorified assault’

“The Chief Minister had even glorified the police assault on the Youth Congress employees—carried out with helmets and flowerpots—by describing it as a ‘rescue operation’,” Mr. Joseph stated. 

He additionally ridiculed the police reportedly providing ₹20 lakh to hush up the case. “Let them preserve that supply. When Mr. Sujith win the case within the court docket in opposition to them, that quantity can be utilized for paying the compensation,” he stated.

The KPCC president additionally introduced that block vice-president Varghese, who stood by Mr. Sujith and spearheaded the lengthy authorized battle, can be promoted to the District Congress Committee (DCC) govt.

Senior Congress leaders comparable to Ramesh Chennithala, Kodikunnil Suresh, M.M. Hassan, Ok. Muraleedharan, E.P. Anil Kumar, P.C. Vishnunadh, Shafi Parambil, United Democratic Front convener Adoor Prakash and others inaugurated comparable protest gatherings in entrance of police stations throughout the State.

Congress leaders T.N. Prathapan, T. Siddique and Joseph Tajet participated within the protest in entrance of the Kunnamkulam police station. 

The Congress warned that the custodial torture case can be strongly raised within the Assembly till the responsible officers are dismissed and jailed.