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Koothuparamba firing (Malayalam :കൂത്തുപറമ്പ് വെടിവയ്പ്പ്) was a police action on 25 November 1994. It was named after the Koothuparamba town, Kerala, India. The event took place at Tellicherry Road, in the Kannur district of Kerala. The firing happened after the inauguration of the Co-operative Urban Bank’s evening branch. The inauguration was performed by M. V. Raghavan, the Kerala’s Minister of Co-operation and Ports. Raghavan had once been a leader of the Marxist Communist Party of India (CPIM). However, after his expulsion from CPIM, he formed his own party, the Communist Marxist Party (CMP). He and his party then stood on the opposite side with CPIM, and aligned with the United Democratic Front. The Kannur district was a stronghold of CPI(M), especially for their youth wing - the Democratic Youth Federation of India (DYFI). The DYFI tried to prevent his visits to Kannur District. However, the inauguration was ensued in chaos and agitation, which the DYFI termed as "a protest against M.V. Raghavan, Communist Marxist Party (CMP) leader and Kerala’s Minister, for starting the medical college as a self-financing institution at Pariyaram, Kannur", and "Granting government quota seats to the management.", The police fired at the crowd for both the protection of the Minister and public and private property. Five DYFI activists were dead and six people were injured. Those who were facing criminal proceedings included the then sub-divisional magistrate Antony, DySP Abdul Hakkim Bathery, and constables P K Lukose, Sivadasan and Balachandran. They were charged with murder, attempted murder and conspiracy by a magistrate court based on a private complaint. == Cause and the Incident== The political party called C.P.I.(M)– The Communist Party of India (Marxist) was dominant in the Kannur District of the State of Kerala. One of its leaders called M.V. Raghavan, broke away from the party after 15 years and formed a new political party called – CMP (The Communist Marxist Party). The CMP soon became a constituent of the United Democratic Front, which formed the Government that took hold of power in the State of Kerala. Raghavan became a minister in the UDF Government, in charge of Co-operation and Ports. The Youth Wing of the C.P.I.(M) became greatly offended by this and took matters into their own hands by ensuring Raghavan was prevented from entering the Kannur District. In January 1993, Raghavan made a visit to Kannur District and had a few country-made bombs hurled at him. Following that incident, the Government arranged for extra security measures to be taken during Raghavan’s visits to Kannur District. Contrary to the advice given by the district administration, on 25 November 1994, Raghavan made plans to visit and attend the inauguration of the ‘evening branch of the Co-operative Urban Bank’, located in the Alakkandy Complex at Kuthuparamba – Tellicherry Road, Kannur District. The first firing occurred in the proximity of the town hall, on the orders of the Executive Magistrate and the Deputy Superintendent of Police. The second firing occurred in vicinity of Kuthuparamba’s police station on the orders of the Superintendent of Police. Five people were killed and six injured, followed by more than a hundred, also injured (including a few police personnel) by the use of a lathi (a heavy bamboo stick often used as a weapon by the police in South Asia) 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Koothuparamba firing」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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