Clash at poultry waste rendering unit in Kozhikode: Police e book 321 suspects, together with DYFI chief

A particular squad fashioned by the Kozhikode Rural police has booked 321 identifiable individuals accused of getting key involvement in a conflict that broke out at a non-public slaughterhouse waste remedy firm at Ambayathode close to Thamarassery in Kozhikode on Tuesday (October 21, 2025) throughout a protest in opposition to the plant. The investigation is now progressing underneath the direct supervision of senior law enforcement officials led by Deputy Inspector General of Police (Kannur Range) [DIG] Yathish Chandra.

T. Meharoof, an area chief of the Democratic Youth Federation of India (DYFI), was named the prime accused within the first data report (FIR). A senior police officer with the investigation workforce mentioned extra suspects who took half within the conflict and attacked law enforcement officials would quickly be recognized after inspecting surveillance digicam visuals from the spot.

During the conflict, senior law enforcement officials, together with Superintendent of Police (Kozhikode Rural) Ok.E. Baiju, had sustained accidents. The conflict broke out when the police tried to disperse the group that turned violent in entrance of the plant as a part of an ongoing protest in opposition to the alleged environmental air pollution created by the manufacturing facility. The whole loss, as per the preliminary estimates, was ₹5 crore. 

Based on the preliminary investigation report, the DIG had said it as an “organised assault” on law enforcement officials utilizing ladies and youngsters as shields. He additionally mentioned the attackers can be uncovered by a scientific investigation with the help of various investigation groups as 16 law enforcement officials, together with the Station House Officer of the Thamarassery police station, sustained severe accidents within the incident.

Police sources mentioned the crime spot was inspected by the investigation workforce within the presence of Inspector General of Police Rajpal Meena as a part of gathering extra proof and visuals from closed circuit tv cameras. They mentioned 10 autos, together with vans, auto-rickshaws and bikes, have been set afire by the protesters. Many different autos have been broken in stone pelting and vandalism, they mentioned, including that the instances have been registered underneath Sections 109 (makes an attempt to homicide) and 191 (rioting) underneath the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita.

Protesters’ stance

Meanwhile, the leaders of an motion committee which spearheaded the protest and noticed a hartal in numerous elements of Thamarassery on Wednesday (October 22, 2025) criticised the DIG and alleged that the police have been purposefully attempting to painting it as an “organised crime” to suppress an agitation which was launched six years in the past and to torture harmless individuals. They additionally condemned the DIG’s assertion that girls and youngsters have been used as shields throughout the protest.

Countering the motion committee’s claims, the law enforcement officials related to the probe on Wednesday mentioned the manufacturing facility constructing and the autos have been set afire by masked agitators when many labourers have been working contained in the manufacturing facility. Citing video footage as proof, they identified that there have been deliberate makes an attempt to dam hearth engines to the spot and endanger the law enforcement officials who tried to handle the state of affairs.