Kozhikode: Kozhikode District Court on Tuesday dismissed the anticipatory bail plea filed by DYFI state committee member K Arun and seven others who are accused of assaulting the security personnel at the Medical College Hospital here.
They surrendered at the Kozhikode Medical College Police Station later in the day.
Arun is the prime accused in the case. Though police claimed all the accused were absconding, reports emerged that they were hiding in Kannur town. With this, allegations intensified that the police were hand in glove with the culprits.
On August 31, security guards stopped a DYFI functionary, who came with his wife to meet the hospital superintendent, without a valid pass. According to the guards, the man turned aggressive when they stopped him. Later in the day , a 16-member gang arrived at the spot and manhandled the guards.
A journalist too was attacked while trying to capture the incident on his mobile phone camera.
The injured security guards, Vineshan, Sreelesh, Ravindra Panikkar, and journalist P Shamsudheen filed a petition with the Medical College police.