Thiruvananthapuram, July 22 -- Keralam Chief Minister VD Satheesan slammed the Centre over police action against the protestors holding demonstrations over the paper leaks in the national capital, saying a "brutal manhunt" has been launched by the BJP.

Addressing a press conference, the Chief Minister said excessive force was also used against the Congress leaders who were protesting on similar issues outside the Prime Minister's residence, 7, Lok Kalyan Marg.

"Yesterday in Delhi, the police forcibly removed and detained Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi, Priyanka Gandhi, Karnataka Chief Minister DK Shivakumar, MP KC Venugopal, and several others in a highly objectionable manner. Excessive force was used against them. T...