Thiruvananthapuram: Police have registered a case against Shafi Parambil MLA for staging a protest march last day in response to the arrest of Youth Congress State President Rahul Mamkootathil. 

The police registered a case after the Youth Congress march on Wednesday to the state Secretariat turned violent. Shafi Parambil is named the first accused in the case. The accused list also contains the names of YC Thiruvananthapuram District President Nemom Shajeer, four leaders and 150 identifiable persons. 

The police allege that the accused disrupted the movement of traffic and commuters. The accused have been booked under IPC sections 143, 147, 149, 283 and sections 39 and 121 in Kerala Police Act. 

Youth Congress activists on Wednesday staged a protest march to the state secretariat as a sign of protest against the arrest of its state president, Rahul Mamkootathil. 

The activists chanted slogans and tried to remove the barricades placed by the police officials here. However, as the protest turned violent, the cops resorted to water cannons to disperse activists. Later, the protestors staged a sit-in protest on the road. 

Meanwhile, some workers allegedly tried to snatch the shield used by the police. Former YC state president Shafi Parambil MLA inaugurated the march.