Congress has intensified its protests, demanding the resignation of Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan over allegations raised by Nilambur MLA PV Anwar against Political Secretary P Sasi and ADGP M R Ajith Kumar. The Congress protest march towards the Secretariat has begun.
Additional Director General of Police (ADGP) M R Ajith Kumar called the incident a 'freak accident' and said that the sudden rains in the area drove the huge crowd of students to the stampede since all of the students tried to take cover from the rainfall.