Kozhikode: The Kerala Police on Thursday launched 'Broken Window,' a special drive to investigate and take action against perpetrators of violence in the aftermath of the entry of two women into Sabarimala. The drive has been named 'Broken Window' to evoke the damages protesters inflict.
On Thursday, 745 people have been arrested in the state and 628 have been taken into preventive custody, according to the police information centre. As many as 559 cases of violence have been registered on hartal day.
All the district police chiefs would form special squads to arrest those who took part in the violence.
District special branches would identify and book party workers who indulged in vandalism.
The state special branch will also secretly investigate and submit the list of the accused to the district police chiefs.
Mobile phones of the suspected workers would be confiscated and digitally checked.
If needed, their houses also would be raided.
A data base of the suspected workers would be kept in every districts for further reference.
A digital team would be created under the district police chiefs and data regarding these would be circulated among police officers.
Cases would be registered in every district against those indulging in communal and hate campaigns via social media, state police chief Loknath Behera said.
