Thiruvananthapuram

In one of the worst-ever damages inflicted in a day-long shutdown in Kerala, angry Popular Front of India (PFI) created mayhem, and at the end of the day, 70 KSRTC buses besides other vehicles and properties were damaged.

PFI activists called for a dawn-to-dusk shutdown to protest the arrest of 19 fellow activists, as part of an early morning joint operation by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) and National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Thursday.

Things appeared to change after the Kerala High Court, on Friday, strongly condemned and initiated suo motu proceedings against the leaders of PFI for the illegal call for a flash hartal in the State.

A Division Bench of Justice AK Jayasankaran Nambiar and Justice Mohammed Nias wanted stringent action against the violators of the Court's order.

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It was after that that Kerala Police got into the act and by evening, 127 people were arrested, 53 cases registered and 229 taken into preventive custody.