BJP hartal in Ernakulam Wednesday

Kochi: BJP is observing a hartal in Ernakulam district Wednesday in protest against police action against its activists in Thrippunithura while staging a march seeking justice to a girl student belonging to Dalit community who attempted to kill herself following rumours allegedly spread by SFI activists.

The BJP Ernakulam district committee alleged that the party workers were brutally lathicharged by police on Tuesday when they were seeking justice to the dalit student at RLV College of Music and Fine Arts, Thrippunithura, who attempted to end her life after a proposed marriage failed due to rumours spread by SFI activists in the campus.

The hartal is against the police action and seeking justice to the Dalit girl student who attempted to kill herself after posters defaming her appeared on walls of her college and hostel premises.

The girl's engagement was called off following these incidents, the BJP alleged.