Congress suspends two leaders for assault on mediapersons in Kozhikode
The Hindu
Incident not in line with party culture, says DCC president
The Congress has suspended two of its local leaders and asked a former district committee president to apologise in public for the assault on mediapersons during an alleged meeting of one of the party factions in Kozhikode last Saturday. Another district general secretary will be warned in public.
Mathrubhumi photographer Sajan V. Nambiar was beaten up and Kairali People reporter Megha Madhavan and Asianet News Principal Correspondent C.R. Rajesh were assaulted when they arrived at a hotel where the meeting was held. The party later appointed C.V. Kunhikrishnan and John Poothakkuzhi, former executive committee members of the Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee, to inquire into the incident and submit a report.
K. Praveen Kumar, District Congress Committee (DCC) president, said in a release on Thursday evening that C.G. Prasanth Kumar, Mankavu block committee former president, and Rajeevan Thiruvachira, president of the Arakkinar mandalam committee, would face action. U. Rajeevan, former DCC president, would have to tender an apology through the media. Suresh Keechambra, DCC general secretary and Feroke block Congress committee president, would get a public warning.