WATCH: KSRTC driver wears helmet to save himself from stone pelting by PFI workers in Kerala
Bus drivers in Kerala forced to wear helmets after Buses and trucks burnt in the state by PFI protestors
Bus drivers in Kerala forced to wear helmets after Buses and trucks burnt in the state by PFI protestors.
A KSRTC driver in Kerala wears a helmet while driving a bus to protect himself from the stone pelting happening in the state when the PFI calls for a day-long hartal. According to reports, the incident happened in Aluva, Kerala.
According to reports, nearly a dozen KSRTC buses were damaged in stone pelting recorded in Alappuzha, Kannur, Kozhikode and Thiruvananthapuram. Trucks were also attacked with stones in Kozhikode and Alappuzha. A private vehicle bound for the international airport was pelted with stones at Kumarichantha in Thiruvananthapuram.
Kerala police have beefed up security in the state and issued instructions to district police chiefs to ensure law and order after the radical Islamic organization Popular Front of India (PFI) called for a nationwide hartal on Friday.
The dawn-to-dusk hartal was called by the PFI to protest the raids on the offices and residences of its leaders and their subsequent arrest on Thursday by the NIA and other agencies for allegedly supporting terrorist activities in the country.
A statement issued by the police said that strict action will be taken against those who violate the law.
“All police officers in the state will be deployed to maintain law and order,” the statement said.
Meanwhile, the state-run KSRTC has informed that it will function as usual.
The transport company said special services would be provided to hospitals, airports and railway stations if needed and would also seek police protection if needed.
The PFI said on Thursday that a hartal would be observed in the state on September 23 “against the RSS-controlled fascist government’s attempt to silence dissenting voices with the help of central agencies.”
The hartal will be held from 6 am to 6 pm, A Abdul Sathar, state general secretary of PFI, said in a statement.
