Home raided at night; four of a family hurt

THODUPUZHA: Four persons suffered injuries after they were allegedly attacked by the police at their home on Thursday night.
Nawas, 37, his mother Sainaba, 59, Nawas’ wife Zeenath, 35, and daughter Alfia, 14, have been admitted to the Kanjirappally Taluk Hospital following the incident. According to Nawas, a Congress worker, the Elappara police barged into his house on Thursday night and attacked him and his family members. He said that the police action was on the basis of a complaint filed by the Congress for denying a donation of `1,000 to organise the party’s ward meeting.
Nawas said that he refused to give the donation in protest against the party’s decision not to name the venue of the meeting after his late brother R Shanawas, who was the Peermade block secretary and an active party worker. The Congress had lodged a complaint with the police, alleging that Nawas had damaged the flex board erected in connection with the meet. Acting on the complaint, the police reached Nawas’ house to take him to the police station at 10.30 pm on Thursday.  “When the family members tried to prevent it, they were taken to task by the police,” Nawas said.   Soon people gathered and summoned E S Bijimol MLA, who reached reached the spot and took them to Kanjirapppally Taluk Hospital as they expressed fear to get admitted at Peermade hospital which is nearest to them. Bijimol told ‘Express’ that the police had no business to go to the house during night time.
 She said that Nawas was undergoing treatment for depression and the whole family was in a state of panic on seeing the police team.