Kerela: Independent MLA PV Anvar arrested for alleged attack on Forest Office

In Kerala, Independent MLA PV Anvar was arrested last night following his alleged involvement in an attack on a Divisional Forest Office at Nilambur yesterday. The Police had slapped a case against the MLA and 11 others belonging to the Democratic Movement of Kerala after they vandalised the DFO Office during a protest march after a



tribal youth was killed in an elephant attack. 

He was remanded to judicial custody for 14 days and has been lodged in Thavanoor jail. P V Anvar, who represents the Nilambur constituency in the state assembly, recently broke away from the ruling LDF.