CPI-M enforces bandh in Kerala against leader's arrest

August 02, 2012 10:23

The dawn-to-dusk hartal called by the Communist Party of India-Marxist in Kerala to protest the arrest of its senior leader P Jayarajan in a murder case disrupted normal life across the state on Thursday.

Security was stepped up in politically volatile areas of north Kerala. Two companies of Central Rapid Action Force had been requisitioned by the state government for deployment in Kannur to meet any eventuality, police said.

Mobility of people was virtually crippled as buses, taxis and autorickshaws kept off the road. Train traffic, however, was not affected.

Universities have postponed the examinations scheduled for the day.

Jayarajan, party's Kannur District Secretary, was arrested and remanded to judicial custody on Wednesday in connection with the murder of Indian Union Muslim League's youth wing activist Abdul Shukkoor at Ariyil in Kannur district in February last.

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