Drunkards, Church priest enter into brawl

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: A few drunkards and a church priest entered into a quarrel on Wednesday and in the tussle that followed five got injured.

Yesudas Junior (36), Dany East (25), Biju Marshal (36), George Kutty (33) and Harison (36) got injured in the incident. All are natives of Thumba and they have been admitted to Medical College hospital. The incident happened on Wednesday night.  

The five persons were sitting inside a car and drinking liquor at a place near Thumba church.  They came to the notice of the priest who passed by. As the priest tried to jot down the car number, the drunkards came out of the car and picked a quarrel with the priest. Next, when the man who  accompanied the priest tried to capture the photo of the car’s number plate in his mobile phone, the men manhandled him.

A gang of locals who reached the spot soon attacked the drunken men. But that didn’t end there. The men’s friends who later came there and beat up the attackers. Kazhakoottam police are camping in the area.