Cops up strain on PFI with raids, arrests in Kerala
By Express News Service
KOCHI/THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The crackdown on the Popular Front of India (PFI) continued on Sunday with the police looking retailers and institutions allegedly linked to the entrance in Kannur, apart from arresting eight PFI staff from Kochi and Kozhikode in reference to the widespread violence unleashed throughout the hartal on September 23.
The arrest of 274 detainees was additionally recorded on the day, taking the variety of nabbed PFI staff to 1,295. So far, 308 instances have been registered in reference to the violence. Data offered by the Police Headquarters mentioned 834 folks have been taken into preventive custody throughout the state.
The crackdown continued a day after Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, who had come below criticism from Opposition events over the “police’s failure” in stopping the violence, had termed the disturbances as “unprecedented and premeditated.” The police raided 5 retailers in Kannur city, three in Valapatanam and two in Mattannur in addition to institutions of individuals allegedly linked with PFI and seized laptops and pendrives. CCTV footage from the retailers was additionally seized. No arrests had been made in reference to the raids.
Police raiding a PFI workplace in Kannur
“We will inspect the laptops and CCTV visuals and proceed based on the evidence,” mentioned Kannur district police commissioner R Ilango. The eight arrested PFI staff embody three from Kochi who pelted stones and broken a KSRTC bus close to Perumbavoor timber market and 5 from Kozhikode.
Thiruvananthapuram high in hartal violence instances
Kochi/T’Puram: Anas, 37, of Parapuram in Perumbavoor and Rayonpuram natives Shiyas, 31, and Shamsudheen, 35, had been arrested from Kochi. They had been a part of the group that had stopped and broken a Thiruvananthapuram-bound KSRTC bus coming from Thrissur.
Those arrested from Kozhikode included Maradu natives Muhammed Hathim, 38, and Abdul Jafar, 33. Among districts Thiruvananthapuram had the very best variety of instances (50 instances, 184 arrests), adopted by Kollam (39 instances, 254 arrests), Malappuram (34 instances and 141 arrests), and Kannur ( 33 instances and 41 arrests).
KOCHI/THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The crackdown on the Popular Front of India (PFI) continued on Sunday with the police looking retailers and institutions allegedly linked to the entrance in Kannur, apart from arresting eight PFI staff from Kochi and Kozhikode in reference to the widespread violence unleashed throughout the hartal on September 23.
The arrest of 274 detainees was additionally recorded on the day, taking the variety of nabbed PFI staff to 1,295. So far, 308 instances have been registered in reference to the violence. Data offered by the Police Headquarters mentioned 834 folks have been taken into preventive custody throughout the state.
The crackdown continued a day after Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, who had come below criticism from Opposition events over the “police’s failure” in stopping the violence, had termed the disturbances as “unprecedented and premeditated.” The police raided 5 retailers in Kannur city, three in Valapatanam and two in Mattannur in addition to institutions of individuals allegedly linked with PFI and seized laptops and pendrives. CCTV footage from the retailers was additionally seized. No arrests had been made in reference to the raids.
Police raiding a PFI workplace in Kannur
“We will inspect the laptops and CCTV visuals and proceed based on the evidence,” mentioned Kannur district police commissioner R Ilango. The eight arrested PFI staff embody three from Kochi who pelted stones and broken a KSRTC bus close to Perumbavoor timber market and 5 from Kozhikode.
Thiruvananthapuram high in hartal violence instances
Kochi/T’Puram: Anas, 37, of Parapuram in Perumbavoor and Rayonpuram natives Shiyas, 31, and Shamsudheen, 35, had been arrested from Kochi. They had been a part of the group that had stopped and broken a Thiruvananthapuram-bound KSRTC bus coming from Thrissur.
Those arrested from Kozhikode included Maradu natives Muhammed Hathim, 38, and Abdul Jafar, 33. Among districts Thiruvananthapuram had the very best variety of instances (50 instances, 184 arrests), adopted by Kollam (39 instances, 254 arrests), Malappuram (34 instances and 141 arrests), and Kannur ( 33 instances and 41 arrests).
