Tension during march to 'Kurishumala'

Eight persons, including three police personnel, had been admitted to the Government Medical College Hospital here, hospital sources said.

Priests and the faithful under the Neyyantinkara Latin Catholic Diocese took out a procession to instal a new holy cross in the place of one which got damaged a few months ago.

Authorities had yesterday itself informed the church that they would not be allowed to enter the forest land in violation of rules. Trouble started as the participants in the march 'broke' the police barricade and a section started pelting stones at them, the police said.