She added, "Even after Sunday's incident, the police recorded my statement along with the other injured, but no arrests have been made." When asked whether she had sought police protection, Ramya said, "I have not requested for police protection. I have nothing to worry about in Calicut, which is my hometown, as people there know me really well." Meanwhile, the doctor who treated Ramya at the hospital, said, "We have advised her bed rest, as she has sustained blunt blow trauma, though there are no major injuries. We have prescribed some pain killers as well." The three main contenders from Alathur district constituency are P K Biju of CPI (M), Ramya Haridas of Congress, T V Babu of Bharath Dharma Jana Sena.

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Speaking about the stone-pelting incident, P S Sabu, superintendent of police and the police chief of Palakkad district, told mid-day, "The situation was normal till 6pm on Sunday when the official campaigning period came to an end. Ramya and MLA Anil Akkara from United Democratic Front (UDF), along with their supporters were passing from near the LDF office, where hundreds of CPI(M) workers had gathered. When we asked members of both the parties to make way for each other, verbal altercations started, which eventually led to the clash. Anil, Ramya, a couple of policemen and an LDF leader were injured in the stone-pelting." When asked whether a case had been registered regarding the matter, Sabu said, "We have registered three cases – one for attacking policemen, another against LDF workers for hurting the MLA and Ramya and the third one against UDF for injuring the LDF leader – at Alathur police station. No arrests have been made in the case yet."

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The district police chief further said, "We have about 2,110 polling booths across the district, and out of this, 364 stations are said to be sensitive. Additional state and central police force, including Border Security Force have been deployed at these booths." "Also over a 100 troublemakers on our record have been taken into preventive detention. Security has been beefed up at Alathur as well," he added. When asked whether they had arranged for Ramya's police protection, Sabu said, "We had deployed two officers at the hospital for her security. If at all she writes to us seeking police protection, we will provide her."

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