Kerala Police register zero FIR over alleged assault on NSUI activist in Delhi

Thiruvananthapuram, Oct 15 (UNI) Kerala Police have registered a zero FIR in connection with the alleged assault on NSUI activist Athira Vijayan during a protest in Delhi's Connaught Place, following a complaint submitted by her to the State Police Chief. The case was registered at the Museum police station here under Sections 74, 76, 115, 117, 126, 296(b), 351(3) and 3(5) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS). According to the allegations detailed in the FIR, Athira was brutally assaulted during an NSUI lightning protest in Connaught Place. She alleged that police personnel beat her inside a police van and at…