Congress, UDF rally round Shafi after police assault at Perambra

The Congress and the United Democratic Front (UDF) on Saturday (October 11, 2025) put up a united entrance of protest towards the police assault on Shafi Parambil, Vadakara MP, at Perambra on Friday (October 10, 2025) night time, which left him with nasal bone fractures requiring a minor surgical procedure.

Opening a protest meet organised on the Perambra bus stand premises within the night, Okay.C. Venugopal, All-India Congress Committee normal secretary in-charge of organisation, mentioned the celebration wouldn’t enable police or anybody goal Mr. Parambil.

The assault towards the Vadakara MP occurred after activists of the UDF and the Left Democratic Front (LDF) staff got here nose to nose following a ‘hartal’ referred to as by the previous within the city, which was a fallout of a college students’ union election in a authorities faculty in Kozhikode.

Mr. Venugopal mentioned that the LDF, particularly the CPI(M), was apprehensive over the recognition of Mr. Parambil after his victory towards celebration veteran Okay.Okay. Shailaja within the 2024 Lok Sabha polls. He alleged that the LDF Government was attempting to cowl up its function within the “theft of gold plates” on the Sabarimala temple by concentrating on Mr. Parambil.

Though senior police officers initially claimed that there had been no ‘lathi’ cost towards the MP, visuals launched by the media later proved them flawed. The Congress chief additionally mentioned, the police personnel who led the assault must face penalties if the UDF involves energy within the State after the 2026 Assembly polls. Deepa Dasmunshi, AICC normal secretary, mentioned that Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan was answerable to what had occurred to Mr. Parambil.

There was pressure for some time in the course of the occasion after the UDF staff raised slogans towards police personnel on responsibility on the premises. They demanded the police who couldn’t defend Mr. Parambil the day past needn’t be stationed there. Senior celebration leaders tried to calm them down.

LDF district leaders, in the meantime, accused Mr. Parambil of instigating violence on Friday (October 10, 2025) night time. They mentioned that although LDF staff returned after their protest, the UDF activists waited for over an hour for the MP to reach and unleashed violence towards the police. They additionally claimed that the president of the Perambra grama panchayat was manhandled by UDF activists throughout their ‘hartal’.

Mr. Parambil is recovering at a non-public hospital in Kozhikode metropolis, the place he was admitted with critical nasal accidents. A medical bulletin launched from the hospital mentioned that he was discovered to have a fracture of the left nasal bone with displacement, fracture of the appropriate nasal bone, and buckling of the nasal septum. A surgical process to set them proper was carried out and Mr. Parambil was shifted to the intensive care unit for post-operative statement, the bulletin added.

Opening a protest march taken out to the workplace of the Inspector-General (IG) of Police in Kozhikode earlier within the morning, M.Okay. Raghavan, Kozhikode MP, mentioned that the celebration would method the Parliamentary Committee on Privileges within the Lok Sabha to hunt motion towards the police personnel who attacked Mr. Parambil. The Congress staff additionally staged a ‘dharna’ outdoors the IG’s workplace.