Thiruvananthapuram, Oct. 12 -- The Keralam Assembly on Monday witnessed heated exchanges between the ruling and opposition members over alleged police brutality against SFI workers and youth protesters in the state capital, with the opposition staging a walkout after the Speaker denied permission to discuss the issue through an adjournment motion.

V Joy MLA, who moved the adjournment motion, arrived in the Assembly carrying a broken police baton and displayed photographs of the alleged police assault on students. He demanded that Home Minister Ramesh Chennithala take action against police officers involved in the incident.

Alleging that the police had brutally assaulted students at the University Men's Hostel during protests in Thiruvan...