THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: As many as 266 people have to this point been arrested in connection with the violent protests staged by right-wing groups in the ultimate two days after two women of menstruating age entered into the Sabarimala + temple, police stated on Thursday. A group of 334 people had been taken beneath preventive custody, they added.
Sabarimala protests live updates
As the state persevered to witness huge violence due to the hartal known as by Hindu outfits, the police introduced a unique force, 'Operation Broken Window' to do so towards the ones indulging in violent protests, they stated.
The particular department would get ready the checklist of the ones indulging in violence and hand it over to the district police chiefs for further action, the police stated in a released.
A photograph album of the perpetrators of violence would also be prepared, the release stated, adding that particular teams could be set up to arrest the ones agitators excited about violence.
Mobile phones of suspected persons could be confiscated and sent for digital examination and raids could be carried out at their houses, to unearth hands, if any, it stated.
Cases would also be registered towards the ones excited about alleged hate campaign on social media, it added.
The state is on a boil since Wednesday when two women-- Bindu and Kanakadurga of their forties trekked the Ayyappa temple at Sabarimala and offered prayers early wednesday, taking everyone by surprise.
The first light to nightfall shutdown known as by Sabarimala Karma Samithi, an umbrella organisation of various pro-Hindutva groups, and the Antarrashtriya Hindu Parishad Thursday led to violent protests, by no means seen in the state's contemporary history.
Sabarimala protests live updates
As the state persevered to witness huge violence due to the hartal known as by Hindu outfits, the police introduced a unique force, 'Operation Broken Window' to do so towards the ones indulging in violent protests, they stated.
The particular department would get ready the checklist of the ones indulging in violence and hand it over to the district police chiefs for further action, the police stated in a released.
A photograph album of the perpetrators of violence would also be prepared, the release stated, adding that particular teams could be set up to arrest the ones agitators excited about violence.
Mobile phones of suspected persons could be confiscated and sent for digital examination and raids could be carried out at their houses, to unearth hands, if any, it stated.
Cases would also be registered towards the ones excited about alleged hate campaign on social media, it added.
The state is on a boil since Wednesday when two women-- Bindu and Kanakadurga of their forties trekked the Ayyappa temple at Sabarimala and offered prayers early wednesday, taking everyone by surprise.
The first light to nightfall shutdown known as by Sabarimala Karma Samithi, an umbrella organisation of various pro-Hindutva groups, and the Antarrashtriya Hindu Parishad Thursday led to violent protests, by no means seen in the state's contemporary history.
Sabarimala protests: 266 held, 334 taken into preventive custody
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