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They were attacked allegedly by workers of the Campus Front and its parent outfit Popular Front of India (PFI) inside the Maharaja’s College, Ernakulam, campus last night, they said. The condition of one of the injured students is said to be serious.
Three workers of the PFI and the Campus Front have been taken into custody in connection with the incident, police said. The Students’ Federation of India (SFI), the student wing of the CPI(M), has called for a state-wide protest today against the killing of Abhimanyu (20).
The SFI leader, a second-year degree student at the college, was a resident of Vattavada in Idukki district and also a member of the organisation’s Idukki district committee. The body has been kept at the Ernakulam General Hospital’s mortuary.
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“We have not heard about such a heinous attack on student activists in recent times. All the progressive forces should come forward to fight against such outfits with extremist nature,” said Rajeev, a former state leader of the SFI from Ernakulam district.