Thiruvananthapuram, Oct 20 (PTI) An ambulance was set on fire and another damaged in incidents suspected to be the result of a clash between workers of SDPI and the CPI(M) at Nedumangad here, police said on Monday.
According to Nedumangad police, tension erupted in the area after a local CPI(M) leader Deepu was allegedly attacked by SDPI activists at Azhicode near Aruvikkara on Sunday 8 pm.
Later, unidentified persons allegedly targeted the houses of SDPI workers.
Masked individuals were seen damaging an ambulance, a car and a scooter parked in front of the house of SDPI activist Samad in Nedumangad at around 11.30 pm, 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 gover