ALAPPUZHA: After launching a preliminary investigation into a purported video in which alleged provocative slogans were being raised by a minor boy during a march by the Popular Front of India, the Kerala Police on Tuesday said they have registered a case against PFI Alappuzha district president Nawas Vandanam and District Secretary Mujeeb and other identifiable persons under Section 153A of the Indian Penal Code (IPC).
The police further said that a PFI activist has been taken into custody in connection with a viral video showing a child shouting hate slogans against people belonging to Hindu and Christian communities in Kerala, officials informed on Tuesday.
The police on Monday had said that they have begun investigating the viral video. “The video came to our notice and we are examining where this happened,” said the police.
According to PFI officials, they had a set of official slogans during a march in Alappuzha on Saturday. “This slogan was not among them. A lot of workers from various places attended the march. When volunteers noticed this slogan, they prevented raising that slogan,” said PFI officials.
Further investigation into the matter is under way. (ANI)