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Tuesday, Jul 15, 2025
KSRTC buses, which bore the brunt of the 12-hour statewide hartal, last Friday told the High Court at least 70 buses were destroyed in stone pelting from agitators.
Sources said that more than 50 people have been detained and the arrests will depend on their questioning.
The cops are also examining whether any financial aid has been extended to the miscreants from any quarter for indulging in apparently organised violence.
MV Govindan's remarks come close on the heels of a nationwide crackdown on the PFI alleging terror links.
He also claimed that the Pinarayi Vijayan-led LDF government in Kerala was sponsoring lawlessness.
The total number of arrests recorded by the police in connection with the PFI hartal in Kerala has now gone up to 1,287.
The raids by Kerala police come on the back of charges that the PFI had conspired to incite violence in the state on Friday.
The decision has been taken owing to the apprehensions that the details may disturb the social atmosphere.
At least 819 others have been kept under preventive detention in connection with Friday's Popular Front of India hartal.
The court directed the government to submit a report before October 17.
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