Chathanoor: Police registered case against BJP state president, K Surendran, for hosting a meeting of more than 200 people , in gross violation to state’s prohibitory orders aimed to rein in rising pandemic. Also named in the case are, the party’s district president BB Gopakumar and 100 others.
The meeting in question was held amid prohibitory order clamped across the state and conducted at Rotary Club hall in Uramvila. Attendees including party leaders had crammed into the hall that had a seating-capacity of just 70. Worse, people from hard-hit areas including Paravur, Kalluvathukasl and Chathanoor constinuency also formed part of the thick crowd.
Among arraigned by police in the incident are : BJP state secretary Rajeev Prasad and district secretary Velliman Dileep.