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Kollam: In an appalling incident, a local CPI(M) leader and three of his friends were arrested for allegedly assaulting a pregnant woman and a police following a car accident in Kerala's Kollam district.

Communist Party of India (Marxist) leader Antonio Williams was driving in an inebriated state on Thursday when his car hit the vehicle of the pregnant woman who was travelling with her family, news agency ANI quoted Kollam West Police.

On being questioned questioned by the family, Williams, who was with his friends at the time of the incident, allegedly attacked them and also dragged the pregnant woman out of the car and kicked her in her stomach, Hindustan Times reported.

The group also assaulted a policeman who tried to intervene in the matter and continued to threaten police officers even after being taken to the police station, as per ANI report.

Two of the policemen were reportedly later hospitalized after the scuffle.

The woman was said to be on her way to a hospital.

Meanwhile, CPI(M) Kollam district told Hindustan Times that the party would be taking appropriate action against the accused leader.

A case has been registered against Williams, is a member of Neendakara Gram Panchayat in Kerala, under relevant section of the Indian Penal Code