Police arrested five people and detained 11 others for questioning in connection with the violent attack on vehicles used by Enforcement Directorate (ED) officials after raids at former chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan’s residence in Thiruvananthapuram.
Most of those allegedly involved in Wednesday’s violence were CPI(M) activists, police said. Among those taken into custody is CPI(M) local committee secretary and former Thiruvananthapuram municipal councillor IP Binu.
300 people have been booked in connection with the incident. The case has been registered at Museum police station under multiple sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), including those dealing with unlawful assembly, rioting, assault on public servants, wrongful restraint, and attempt to murder.
Charges under the Prevention of Damage to Public Property Act have also been invoked. Five people, who were identified based on the visuals of the attack yesterday, have been arrested and remanded to judicial custody.
Police said forensic teams examined the site of the violence on Thursday as part of the investigation. According to the FIR, stones and bricks were allegedly thrown at the vehicles and some officials travelling with the ED team were attacked with sticks.
