An ambulance was set on fire and another damaged in incidents suspected to be the result of a clash between workers of the Social Democratic Party of India (SDPI) and the Communist Party of India (Marxist) CPI (M) at Nedumangad in Thiruvananthapuram district of Kerala, police said on Monday (October 20, 2025).
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According to Nedumangad police, tension erupted in the area after SDPI activists allegedly attacked a local CPI(M) leader on Sunday (October 19, 2025) evening.
Later, unidentified persons allegedly targeted the houses of SDPI workers. Masked individuals were seen damaging an ambulance and a car owned by an SDPI activist on Sunday (October 19, 2025) night, police said.
In a suspected retaliatory move, an ambulance operated by the Democratic Youth Federation of India (DYFI), the youth wing of the CPI(M), parked near a government hospital, was set on fire early Monday (October 20, 2025) morning.
