# Kerala police arrest four SFI activists for SSUS protest 2026-08-16T21:51:12+00:00 | Governance | Indian Opinion Desk Corroboration: 1 independent outlet Kalady police have arrested four activists of the Students' Federation of India (SFI) in connection with a protest at Sree Sankaracharya University of Sanskrit (SSUS) during which a symbolic funeral of Vice-Chancellor Ciza Thomas was allegedly staged. The arrested are Mebin Jose, 24, Basil Scaria, 29, Vijeesh, 23, and Yadhu Krishnan, 19. The arrests are recorded in two separate cases. The first case, registered on August 13 based on a complaint by a police officer on campus, alleges the activists manhandled and defamed the V-C and damaged her car. The second FIR, filed on August 16 on a complaint by Ms Thomas, books 18 students and other identifiable SFI members. The second case also alleges the activists obstructed police and assaulted personnel who used minor force to disperse them. ## Coverage - thehindu.com This story was synthesised by AI from the source linked above. Tags: Ciza Thomas, Kerala Police, SFI, SSUS Canonical: https://indianopinion.org/kerala-police-arrest-four-sfi-activists-for-ssus-protest/ License: Summary and commentary (c) Indian Opinion, reusable with attribution. Facts belong to the linked sources. Cite: https://indianopinion.org/kerala-police-arrest-four-sfi-activists-for-ssus-protest/#story-in-brief Review state: restored archive article, accurate at time of publication, not offered to search indexes. How this brief was made: an AI model read the report linked above and wrote this summary and analysis, which were published automatically. Published briefs are sampled every hour by an automated quality check; the editor verifies its findings and approves corrections, and corrected briefs carry a dated correction line. We do no original reporting. Methodology: https://indianopinion.org/ai-use-policy/