Attack on Naseer: Cong will be forced to take law into hands,

The Congress staged a protest here Thursday demanding the arrest of a CPI-M MLA over the recent attack on a former Marxist councillor with senior leader and MP K Sudhakaran warning the party would be forcedto "take law into its hands" if action was not taken against those involved.

Sudhakaran, MP from Kannur, made the remark in his speech at a day-long protest organised by the District Congress Committee seeking detailed probe into the case and the arrest of Thalassery MLA A N Shamseer, whom it alleged was the mastermind behind the attack.

C O T Naseer, a former Marxist councillor who contested from Vatakara Lok Sabha constituency as an independent in the recent polls, was attacked at Thalassery in the district allegedly by a group of CPI(M) supporters on May 18. Five people have been arrested in the case so far.

Sudhakaran said if the police fails to make necessary arrests, the Congress will take direction action.

"There should be a stipulated time for arrests to be ...