Popular Front state general secretary Abdul Sathar remanded

KOCHI: The Special NIA court in Kochi on Thursday remanded Popular Front state secretary Abdul Sathar till October 20. Following this, Abdul Sathar was shifted to Kakkanad District Jail. Sathar, who was nabbed by the Kerala Police from Karunagapally the other day, had been handed over to the NIA.

Abdul Sathar is an accused in the cases registered by the NIA and the cases filed by the Kerala Police in the hartal attack. He was produced before the court after preliminary interrogation by the NIA. The NIA will submit an application to the court on Friday seeking custody of Abdul Sathar for questioning.

Meanwhile, the High Court had directed the police to name Abdul Sathar as an accused in all the incidents of attacks during the hartal called by the banned organization Popular Front in Kerala. The court had said that those who called for the hartal should provide compensation to the government for the damages caused by the hartal.