Thiruvananthapuram: The Kerala Students Union (KSU) protest march to the Secretariat on Monday escalated into a clash with the police after demonstrators attempted to jump barricades and scale the compound wall to enter the Secretariat premises. The protest, aimed at demanding action against drug and ragging gangs in educational institutions, turned chaotic as security personnel tried to block the agitators.

Police resort to lathi charge and water cannons
As protesters intensified their efforts to breach security, police responded with a lathi charge and deployed water cannons to disperse the crowd