THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Malayalam writer and theatre activist Kamal C Chavara was arrested by the Cantonment Police on Tuesday for allegedly barging into the City Police Commissioner’s office and verbally abusing Mr. K E Baiju, Cantonment Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP). Kamal recently got attention after the police slapped sedition charges on him for allegedly insulting the national anthem, The incident occurred around 7 pm when Kamal, accompanied by K M Shahjahan, the former personal secretary of V S Achuthanandan and Suryagayathri and Asmitha Kabir, the students of University college, came to meet G Sparjan Kumar, the commissioner, the AC P said. The three had come to meet the Police Commissioner demanding strict action against the SFI activists of University College who allegedly assaulted Jigesh on the college campus last week. The commissioner called Baiju to update them about the case. Mr. Baiju said that the FIR was submitted before the court and the procedure including arrest will take some time. As he was upset about the reply Kamal started questioning Mr. Baiju and the Police Commissioner. Police said, he was forcefully removed from the chamber by the commissioner’s gunman and taken into the custody. The police suspect he was under the influence of alcohol.]]>
