Kerala: KSRTC moves Kerala HC, seeks Rs 5.06 crore damages from PFI

Kochi, September 28: In a major development, the Kerala State Transport Corporation moved to the Kerala HC seeking compensation of 5.06 crores from the Popular Front of India (PFI) for losses caused to the corporation during the strike called by the PFI.

 

 

According to the reports, the PFI workers created a ruckus in the state during their protest against the NIA raids and damaged several KSRTC buses by pelting stones at them. Around 71 of the KSRTC buses were damaged and 11 KSRTC employees were injured.

 

The incident was reported in the Thiruvananthapuram, Kollam, Pathanamthitta, Alappuzha, Ernakulam, Kozhikode, and Wayanad districts of Kerala. The corporation incurred severe losses from the attack and has sought compensation of Rs 5.06 crores from the Popular Front of India (PFI).

 

 

 

Reports mention that the buses have become non-operational from September 23 and that the losses incurred from non-operation of these services will be accounted as loss from the hartal. The buses will resume their services only after repair works.

 

Earlier, the Kerala high court filed a suo motu complaint against members of the Popular Front of India (PFI) for declaring a one-day statewide bandh in the state without permission and for inciting violence.

 

The court stated that hartal had previously been prohibited and that the damage to public property could not be tolerated.

 

It should be noted that, the central government has banned the Popular Front of India (PFI) for five years, days after NIA launched a massive search operation against the group.

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