Mattannur: LDF leaders including Health Minister K K Shylaja were granted bail by the First Class Magistrate Court here in a case related to disruption of traffic during a protest march.
In May 28, 2014, LDF took out a march to Mattannur police station to protest against the Kerala Anti-social (Prevention) Act (KAPA). The Minister was part of the protest march then.
They had staged a sit-in at the entrance of the police station, disrupting traffic along Mattannur-Kannur road. Police had registered a case against 300 identifiable persons including 15 party leaders.
It is in this case that Shylaja and other leaders were granted bail. Municipality Chairman K Bhaskaran, CPM District Committee member P Purushothaman, Area Secretary N V Chandrababu, Keezhalloor Panchayat President M Rajan also got bail in the case.