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Kerala-Thiruvananthapuram
By Our Staff Reporter
A petrol bomb was thrown at a police patrol vehicle near the A.K.G. Centre in the afternoon. None was hurt in the incident. The police said the attack was carried out by two youth who they suspect to be Left student activists. The Police exploded stun and dye-marker grenades to disperse a DYFI march which turned violent in front of the Government Secretariat this morning. More than 100 DYFI workers had participated in the march which was taken out to express solidarity with the student leaders who were on a hunger strike there. The marchers hurled stones at the police who responded by chasing the protestors with canes and later preventing their regrouping by exploding stun grenades. Persons suspected to be hartal supporters hurled stones at autorickshaws and private vehicles in different parts of the city. The police prevented hartal supporters from roughing up an autorickshaw driver in the Secretariat area in the morning. Normal life in the city was affected by the hartal. Attendance was low in Government offices. Private cars, taxi-cabs, private buses, KSRTC buses and autorickshaws remained off the road for the better part of the day. The commercial areas of Chalai and Palayam wore a deserted look.
Protests
The State committee of the All India Youth Federation (AISF) has protested the police action on the students' march at various places in the State today. A pressnote issued by the AIYF State secretary, V.S. Sunilkumar, and P.S. Supal, MLA, said the police had attacked the students without any provocation. The AISF would take out protest marches all over the state on Saturday, they said. The joint action council of students comprising the SFI, AISF, SSO, PSU, KSC(J), KSC, NSC and KSU(S) protested against the police attack on students. The council said the students would brave the resistance from the Government. While the Chief Minister, A.K. Antony, was expressing willingness to hold talks, he had not taken any step so far. After talking in public against commercialisation of education, the Government was aiding such moves, the council said.
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