Kottayam: The Mundakkayam police on Thursday registered a case against Poonjar MLA P.C. George for allegedly pointing a pistol at the employees of the Harrison Malayalam plantations when he visited the estate for discussing some land disputes with them.
The police also registered cases against the legislator for threatening and uttering foul language against the employees who filed a written complaint at the station. The estate workers allegedly shouted slogans at him and "challenged" him during his visit at a site near the estate. Mr George said some 52 poor families staying on the banks of a river adjacent to the estate at Mundakkayam for several decades had complained that "goons" were using abusive language and "showing violent behaviour" towards them during nights. He alleged that such "hooliganism" was being done at the estate owner's behest to "evict them from their land."
"The goons used abusive language against me, when I advised women staying in the shelters to throw diluted acid at the elements. They challenged me to take out the gun. I then displayed the Czech pistol I was carrying... just to convince them that I am carrying one. It is a licensed gun," he said.
