Thiruvananthapuram, Aug 07: Several students and policemen were injured when a protest march by pro-Left student outfits against the government's educational policy turned violent, prompting police to lathicharge and burst teargas shells here today. The agitating students pelted stones and clashed with police in front of the secretariat, holding up traffic for a couple of hours in the busy mg road in the city. According to police, seven agitators and six policemen have been hospitalised.The injured included SFI state vice-president Joshy Joseph. Two KSRTC buses and a health department van were stoned, as the violence spread to nearby campuses with irate agitators barging into classrooms to exhort their colleagues to join the protest. The march was taken out to express solidarity with leaders of pro-Left outfits led by SFI who have been on an indefinite fast before the government secretariat for over a week to press the government to bring down higher fees in self-financing institutions.
Bureau Report