In a funny incident, dhotis of Congress activists while burning the effigy of Prime Minister Narendra Modi caught fire leaving them to suffer minor injuries. Congress workers were protesting against the detention of Rahul Gandhi in Delhi.
The dhoti of PS Vipin, councillor of Vithuni (ward number: 40) and the district secretary of Youth Congress in Palakkad, caught fire. The protesters, who marched from the DCC office, halted in Sulthanpettai and raised slogans sitting on the road. Soon police rushed to Sulthanpettai and attempted to arrest the protesters and remove them from the road. This urged the Congress activists to burn Modi’s effigy in haste.
When the fire spread to the dhotis of some protesters, everyone except Vipin ran quickly leaving the dhotis. But Vipin sustained minor burns on the back of his legs as he removed it a little late. He was immediately taken to the district hospital in a police vehicle. DCC president Thankappan was injured on his toe.
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