Recently, a BJP Minsyer in Kerala escaped an accident. BJP National Vice-President AP Abdullakutty has asserted that there has been an attempt to murder him, indicating that his car was hit on Friday. The rear part of the car was destroyed after it was hit by a lorry. The police stated that a case of rash driving under Section 279 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) has been filed against the driver of the lorry following a complaint by Abdullakutty, who was recently appointed as the national office-bearer of BJP.
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Punishing the incident, BJP Kerala state president K Surendran announced that the party would hold rally meetings across the state. According to the complaint by Abdullakutty, the incident occurred on a national highway near Valanchery in Malappuram. He also claimed some unidentified men threw stones at his car earlier as he was returning to his hometown Kannur from Thiruvananthapuram. Police told that another case has also been filed on a separate complaint by Abdullakutty, a former Kannur MP, that a group of men allegedly abused him while he was having refreshments at a roadside hotel on Thursday night.
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The case was filed under sections 506 (punishment for criminal intimidation) and 34 (Acts done by several persons in furtherance of common intention) of the UPC. "Both the incidents were planned and a thorough investigation should be made to nab the culprits and expose the conspiracy behind it," Abdullakutty said. Malappuram Superintendent of Police U Abdul Kareem told PTI that two cases had been registered -- one in Ponnani and the other at Kadampuzha police station.
