Police deployment was strengthened along the State and national highways in Kozhikode district on September 23, 2022 noticing the recurring incidents of attacks on KSRTC buses and inter-State goods carriers. Search was also intensified for some of the suspected attackers owing allegiance to the Popular Front of India who smashed the windshields of the vehicles in the morning.
It was around 8 a.m. that unidentified protesters resorted to stone pelting in different parts of Kozhikode district. Uninterrupted KSRTC and goods vehicle service challenging the PFI’s hartal call was the main trigger behind the attack. According to police, windshields of two KSRTC buses and a few inter-State trucks were smashed in the incident.
KSRTC officials said one of their drivers who sustained injuries in stone pelting was admitted to Kozhikode Government General Hospital. He was complaining of severe eye pain following the incident. The man was taken to the hospital by a police patrol squad.
