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The week-long stand-off between a bus operator in Thiruvarppu and activists of the CPI(M)-backed Centre of Indian Trade Unions (CITU) snowballed into a deeper crisis on Sunday when a CITU leader allegedly assaulted the bus owner, triggering protests by activists of the Bharatiya Janata Party.
The drama began to unfold in the morning when the bus operator, identified as Raj Mohan, was assaulted by a CITU leader K.R. Ajay while attempting to dismantle the protest flags and banners erected by the CITU in front of the bus. A police team, which was present at the spot, soon intervened and took the CITU leader to custody.
