The Kerala government told High Court on Monday that the violence in the hartal called by the now-banned Popular Front of India (PFI), caused a loss of Rs 86 lakh to public property in the state.
The government said that during the PFI’s violent hartal on September 23, private individuals lost Rs 16 lakh. It also said that the process to reclaim the loss from those who called for the violent hartal has been initiated.
A total of 724 persons were apprehended as part of preventive detention, adding that all culprits have been identified and majority have been arrested.
So far, Kerala police have registered a total of 361 cases and arrested 2,674 people in connection with the violence that happened on the hartal day.
