The largest-ever crackdown that was conducted against the Popular Front of India (PFI) members spread across 15 states was code-named Operation Octopus, sources said on Saturday.
The Kerala Police arrested 127 people, registered 53 cases, and took 229 people into preventive custody as a hartal called by the Popular Front of India (PFI) in Kerala turned violent. The hartal (general strike) was called to protest against the countrywide raids on the organisation and arrest of its leaders.