Nilambur, June 14 -- Kerala Congress President Sunny Joseph claimed that the party's MP, Shafi Parambil, was deliberately insulted by the police without any evidence when he came to campaign for the Nilambur by-election.

"There was a deliberate attempt to insult Congress MP Shafi Parambil. The police knew it was Shafi Parambil travelling in the car -- they directed him to stop and flashed a torchlight on his face. Even after recognising him, they asked him to open the car. He complied and even offered to open the bags for any search. This was done purposefully and intentionally," Joseph said son Saturday.

Sunny Joseph said that such a search based on rumours has been conducted in the past also.

Shafi Parambil is the Lok Sabha MP from V...