Earlier on Saturday, Akhila, 30, and Anjana, 25, were granted conditional bail by a local court. The siblings, who are daughters of Congress leader N Rajan, were called to Thalaserry police station for questioning on 17 June, and then arrested and sent to jail.
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A Dalit woman Anjana who, along with her elder sister, was arrested on charge of trespassing a CPI-M office in Thalaserry on Monday said she will take legal action against two Left leaders for “portraying her in a poor light during a TV debate”.
Both Shamseer and Divya, as well as Vijayan who chose to ignore questions from the media, also exemplified the CPM’s duplicity on Dalit issues, which came under attack following the Rohith Vemula tragedy as well.
Akhila went to the jail with her one-and-half-year old daughter, family sources said.
According to her relatives, Anjana had been hurt by the words used by a woman leader of the Democratic Youth Federation of India (DYFI) in a panel discussion on a private TV channel on Saturday night.
Rajan’s daughters, his house and vehicle were later attacked by CPI (M) sympathizers and a complaint too was lodged in this regard. Akhila said that the CPM leaders started harassing them after they refused to yield to their pressure. “The police officers behind this act, where the victims were jailed, will be brought before the law”, said Dr Punia.
A team headed by National Commission for Scheduled Castes representative Girija will arrive at Thalassery to probe the incident.
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Meanwhile, former Chief Minister Oommen Chandy on Sunday flayed the ruling CPI-M and Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan in the case. Ironically, one of the first promises he made at the time of swearing in was safety for women and children, and equal justice to all. The police arrested them without verifying the veracity of the complaint and the issues behind it, he said adding that it was beyond common sense that the two women could assault the CPM worker in their office. Hence, we had gone to the CPM office to question their behaviour.
