Overview

• Police used lathis, tear gas, stun grenades and water cannon to disperse UDF and LDF workers during clashes in Perambra on Friday evening.
• Shafi Parambil was hospitalized in Kozhikode after being caught in the melee, with a Congress MLA saying he suffered a nasal fracture that may need surgery.
• The UDF held a hartal in Perambra on Friday and announced statewide and block-level protests, including a march to the IG office in Kozhikode on Saturday.
• The violence traces back to CKG Memorial Government College union elections, where SFI won most seats while the UDF-backed UDSF secured the chairman post and staged a victory rally.
• Several Congress workers and police personnel were injured, tensions persisted in the town, and rival fronts traded accusations over who instigated the violence.