{
  "id": 11948838,
  "title": "Pinarayi Vijayan seeks strigent action against YC workers, police over University Hostel violence",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/04/pinarayi-vijayan-seeks-strigent-action-against-yc-workers-police-over",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-04T14:57:16.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Hindu",
    "slug": "the-hindu",
    "url": "https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/pinarayi-vijayan-seeks-strigent-action-against-yc-workers-police-over-university-hostel-violence/article71544049.ece"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "CPI(M) leader Pinarayi Vijayan has written to the Home Minister, Ramesh Chennithala, demanding harsh measures against the Youth Congress and the police following a violent incident at Thiruvananthapuram University Hostel. Vijayan accused the Youth Congress of orchestrating the attack, alleging they chose to march from the hostel itself, a venue not typically used for protests, to incite violence. He claimed a group of 200 individuals, armed with machetes, stones, and beer bottles, surrounded the hostel and threw flaming torches at the premises. Despite video evidence showing Youth Congress leaders, including the district president, throwing stones at the hostel, neither the leadership nor the police took action to stop them. The situation worsened when police allegedly broke open the hostel gate without the warden's consent to restore order, resulting in assaults on Students' Federation of India (SFI) members. According to Vijayan, SFI State Secretary P.S. Sanjeev was beaten by the police while attempting to calm the students. Three students sustained serious head injuries, and around 40 others were assaulted. Additionally, an ambulance carrying injured students was reportedly halted by attackers. Vijayan criticized the police for not applying non-bailable provisions under the Prevention of Damage to Public Property Act against Youth Congress leaders accused of damaging public property, while registering cases against CPI(M) leaders Kadakampally Surendran and V. Joy for protesting against the alleged police excesses.",
  "summary": "In a letter to the Home Minister, the CPI(M) veteran alleged that the decision by the Youth Congress to commence its march from the hostel premises instead of its usual protest venues was a deliberate attempt to provoke violence",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}