Some Popular Front of India (PFI) activists staged a protest in Belagavi on Thursday, against the NIA raids on PFI offices across the country.
They shouted slogans against the Union government and alleged that the BJP-led NDA government is trying to crush dissent by making false charges against opposition parties and groups.
The agitated group of youth blocked the Pune-Bengaluru National Highway for half an hour near Kakati. This led to a traffic jam that lasted over half an hour. The protestors had had heated arguments with the police who came to clear the blockade.