BENGAL WORKERS INJURED IN CLASH

                                                   BENGAL WORKS

                                   INJURED IN CLASH

Twenty five construction workers from West Bengal were injured, five of them seriously, in a clash with local people at Kayamkulam in Alappuzha district on 27th September, 2011. The seriously injured workers were admitted to Alappuzha Medical College Hospital and the others to the Government Hospital at Kayamkulam.

The clash ensued over the theft of a mobile phone. Some people from nearby Kayamkulam village alleged that a member in their group had lost a mobile phone and alleged it was stolen by construction workers from Bengal. Both the groups exchanged hot words and this culminated in the clash with more people joining in from surrounding areas. Police said that the local people attacked the workers. They had registered cases against the group. However, no arrest was made immediately, police said.

                                                                        Prof. John Kurakar