Assault over ‘nokkukooli’: two union workers held
The Hindu
‘They attacked construction workers for refusing to pay up’
The Pothencode police arrested two trade union activities for reportedly manhandling a few construction workers for denying ‘nokkukooli’ on Thursday.
The accused were identified as Thulaseedharan Nair and Venugopalan Nair of Neduveli near Pothencode. While both of those arrested were affiliated to the Indian National Trade Union Congress (INTUC), the police said workers belonging to the Centre of Indian Trade Unions (CITU) were also involved in the incident.
In the electoral battle for the North East Graduates Constituency of the Legislative Council, Congress MLC Chandrashekar Patil retained the seat by bagging 43,484 votes to defeat his nearest rival Amarnath Patil of the Bharatiya Janata Party by a margin of 4,651 votes. Amarnath Patil secured 38,833 votes.