KC(B) MLA, driver 'assault' youth

Kerala Congress (B) MLA K B Ganesh Kumar, whose party is supporting the ruling LDF, and his driver allegedly assaulted a youth for not giving way for the car of the legislator at nearby Anchal, police said.

The alleged incident happened when Kumar, son of party chief R Balakrishna Pillai, was proceeding to meet a bereaved family and the 'victim' returning after visiting them.

22-year old Ananthakrishnan was injured in the assault and had been admitted to a private hospital at Anchal.

He filed a complaint with police against the MLA and his driver.

In a counter police complaint, a staff of the MLA alleged the youth assaulted the driver, police said.

Ananthakrishnan and his mother were returning in a car after visiting the same family that Kumar was going to call on when the two vehicles came in the opposite direction on a road leading to the house of the deceased.

According to the complaint, the MLA, an actor-turned politician, got of his car and allegedly assaulted the youth as his vehicle could not move forward.