Kottayam : Changanassery police has arrested three men, including an advocate, for allegedly creating a disturbance at a bar and a mobile phone shop in the town and later attacking police personnel and damaging property at the police station.
Police said Jojo and Thomas are accused in more than 30 criminal cases in Kottayam and neighbouring districts, have been detained under Kerala Anti-Social Activities (Prevention) Act (Kaapa) and have also faced externment orders.
Police said the accused continued to create a disturbance at the station through the night, damaged equipment and assaulted SI Reynold and CPO Dileep Chellam, causing injuries. The accused had entered the same shop about a month ago and brandished a machete, police said. Police said provisions relating to organised crime have also been invoked.
They then allegedly went to a mobile phone shop in the Municipal Arcade, abused the staff, threatened them with weapons and damaged goods and phones. When a police team tried to take the accused into custody, they allegedly assaulted sub-inspector Ajith Kumar and civil police officer Rijomon. When additional personnel arrived, the three were overpowered and taken to the police station. They were arrested under Arms Act then, but later, the court granted them bail. Multiple cases have been registered in the latest incident, including for rioting in a public place, attacking and vandalising the shop, assaulting police and obstructing them from discharging official duty and damaging the police station under Prevention of Damage to Public Property (PDPP) Act.
Saju Jojo, Mithun Thomas and advocate Jubin were remanded in judicial custody on Tuesday. The group first caused a disturbance at a bar in Changanassery on Monday night, police said.