Thiruvananthapuram: CPI(M) led LDF Opposition
members staged a walkout from the Assembly on Tuesday in protest
against government's 'failure' to take action against a police
officer who allegedly beat up a CPI-M MLA on March 14.
MLA K Dasan, representing Quilandy Assembly segment, raised
the matter through a submission and created a flutter by
producing a blood stained shirt which he claimed was due to
injuries sustained when police 'manhandled' him.
The incident occurred when he went to the police station
at his constituency on their request to settle a dispute
between two parties.
Not satisfied with Chief Minister Oommen Chandy's reply
that he had asked for a detailed report from police on the
incident, LDF members led by opposition leader V S
Achuthanandan trooped out of the House.
The opposition was also irked by Chandy's poser to Dasan
whether the blood on the shirt he had brought to the Assembly
was his own.
Achuthanandan said Chandy's reference amounted to
'insulting' the MLA and demanded immediate suspension of the
police officer responsible.
PTI
First Published: Tuesday, March 20, 2012, 15:44