The police have arrested Popular Front of India (PFI) leader Yahya Thangal in the provocative sloganeering case. He was taken into custody from Thrissur on Sunday.
Alappuzha Deputy Superintendent of Police N.R. Jayaraj said Mr. Thangal was booked as he was one of the organisers of the PFI rally held in Alappuzha on May 21 where a boy chanted incendiary slogans. Mr. Thangal is a State committee member of the PFI.
On Saturday, Mr. Thangal made derogatory remarks against judges of the Kerala High Court. Officials said that no case had been registered against him for insulting the judiciary as it was up for the court to look into the matter.