Overview
- The clash that broke out Wednesday night near the University men's hostel in Palayam involved Youth Congress/KSU and SFI/DYFI activists who exchanged stones, beer bottles and burning torches.
- Museum police registered two separate cases naming about 80 activists from each side and said the offences are non-bailable with accused to be summoned or arrested.
- SFI announced a statewide class boycott and planned protests at the Secretariat and police headquarters in protest at police action inside the hostel.
- The unrest has spilled beyond Thiruvananthapuram with unidentified attackers damaging the BJP state office and the official vehicle of Sports Minister O. J. Janeesh reportedly attacked in Kannur and Kasaragod, prompting CCTV probes and stepped-up security for the minister.
- Political leaders from the ruling UDF, CPI(M) and BJP traded sharp accusations about who provoked the violence and whether police are applying the law selectively, raising the risk of further street clashes and arrests as investigations continue.