KOTTAYAM: Arrests are continuing in various parts of the state for violating lockdown instructions. 24 people in Erattupetta have been arrested for violating the instructions. They have been arrested from Nadakkal Thanmaya School in Erattupetta. The school principal and manager have been taken into custody and taken to Erattupetta police station.

Ten have been taken into custody at Kulashekarapetta in Pathanamthitta for violating prohibitory orders and holding religious prayers. Their initial explanation was that it was Friday prayers.

The Ettumannur police took into custody the owner of a building who gave a news via an online channel mentioning that guest workers will stage a protest like the Payippadu model strike. Instead of giving food to the workers staying in his house, his campaign was to get food from the local self body, police said.