Overview

• Early Monday, an ambulance operated by the DYFI was set on fire near the government hospital in Nedumangad, police said.
• Police said the incidents are suspected to stem from a clash involving workers of the SDPI and the CPI(M).
• Tension followed an alleged assault on a local CPI(M) leader on Sunday evening, which police said preceded overnight property attacks.
• Masked individuals were seen damaging an ambulance and a car owned by an SDPI activist, and houses of SDPI workers were reportedly targeted.
• Investigators are working to identify those involved and to determine whether the attacks were a direct fallout of the clash, with patrols strengthened and no arrests announced.