THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Kerala was once in ferment on Thursday, an afternoon after two women of menstruating age entered the Sabarimala temple, infuriating saffron outfits, with protesters blockading roads by way of hanging burning tyres and granite blocks, and clashes leaving three BJP staff injured in a knife assault, officers said.
The first light to nightfall shutdown known as by way of Sabarimala Karma Samithi, an umbrella organisation of quite a lot of pro-Hindutva groups, and the Antarrashtriya Hindu Parishad (AHP), plunged the state into turmoil, as loads of Hindu right-wing activists disrupted vehicular motion, and vandalised stores and workplaces of the ruling CPM.
The state was once underneath siege as strike supporters clashed with police and the ruling CPM activists at several places.
In Thrissur, three BJP activists had been stabbed all through a clash with staff of the Social Democratic Party of India (SDPI), the political wing of Popular Front of India, a militant Islamic outfit, police said.
Most state-run buses saved off the roads after several of them had been broken in Wednesday's violence, whilst only a few autorickshaws plied in cities and towns.
Two women beneath 50 claim they entered Kerala's Sabarimala temple +
A 55-year-old guy, who was once seriously injured when CPM staff hurled stones at protesters from atop their birthday party workplace at Pandalam in Pathanamthitta district, died past due Wednesday night time.
However, chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan informed media that the man, Chandran Unnithan, died due to cardiac arrest.
Unnithan was once a part of the protest march taken out by way of Sabarimala Karma Samiti on Wednesday night which came underneath assault by way of CPM staff.
Nine other folks accused of involvement in the assault had been known and two of them arrested, police said.
As tempers ran high in Kerala, the Supreme Court Thursday refused to urgently hear a contempt petition moved by way of a lawyers' group against Sabarimala temple authorities for final the shrine for purification after two women entered it.
Protests in Kerala as two women input Sabarimala temple, state-wide shutdown on Thursday +
A bench of chief justice Ranjan Gogoi and justice S Okay Kaul said that the contempt petition might be heard in conjunction with the pending assessment petitions against the apex court verdict which allowed women of all age groups to go into the Sabarimala temple.
Advocate P V Dinesh showing for Indian Young Lawyers Association informed the bench that the temple authorities closed the shrine Wednesday for purification after the ladies's access which was once in violation of the apex court verdict.
Vijayan, who blamed the BJP-RSS combine for the violence, warned of stern motion against the perpetrators.
He informed reporters here that the federal government was once now not against the conclusion of the believers, but owed allegiance to the Constitution.
"There was a clear planning to the violence unleashed by the hartal supporters. Since yesterday, there has been so much violence. Media personnel, including women, and police were among those attacked," Vijayan said.
Seventy 9 state delivery corporation buses had been vandalised and 31 police workforce injured in violence, he said.
"Most of those attacked were women. Many shops have been damaged by Sangh Parivar. Offices of CPM)=, CPI have been vandalised and attacked in the state," Vijayan said.
Protest demonstrations by way of the BJP and Sabarimala Karma Samithi turned violent at several places in Kozhikode, Kannur Malappuram, Palakkad and Thiruvananthapuram.
Police used batons and water canons to get a divorce protests.
The workplace of the CPI at Palakkad was once attacked by way of the protesters and the vehicles parked in front of it, including state delivery corporation buses, auto-rickshaws and police vehicles had been pelted with stones.
Agitators hurled a crude bomb at an area beedi manufacturing unit controlled by way of the CPM in Thalassery in Kannur district, nevertheless it didn't explode, police said, adding 10 right-wing activists had been arrested.
Another crude bomb was once thrown at Nedumangadu police station about 17 km from here, officers said. It was once now not in an instant known whether it went off and led to any harm.
Journalists staged a protest march in the state capital after they had been allegedly assaulted by way of protesters. The state's police chief Lok Nath Behera said a different workforce will probe the assault on media.
Normal lifestyles was once thrown haywire as a result of the shutdown, as stores and resorts remained shuttered in the state capital.
However, defying the 'Hartal' name, some shopkeepers opened their institutions on SM Street, a big trade hub in Kozhikode, besides a few places in Kochi and Kollam underneath police security.
CPM workplaces had been pelted with stones in Ernakulam and Mallapuram districts, whilst a library controlled by way of the birthday party in Palakkad was once also vandalised.
Some Youth Congress staff had been injured once they had been hit by way of the pilot car of the manager minister's convoy whilst they attempted to show black flags to Vijayan.
The Congress is watching a 'black day' against the access of ladies into the Sabarimala shrine, the domicile of its perenially celibate deity Lord Ayyappa.
Bindu and Kanakadurga, two women of their 40s, had defied dire threats from saffron organisations and presented prayers on the temple that was once out of bounds for women and girls between 10 and 50 years of age, breaking the centuries- previous tradition and infuriating the Hindu right.
Scores of protesters had been arrested from other portions of the state for breaking peace.
The state's universities postponed the examinations scheduled for Thursday.
The first light to nightfall shutdown known as by way of Sabarimala Karma Samithi, an umbrella organisation of quite a lot of pro-Hindutva groups, and the Antarrashtriya Hindu Parishad (AHP), plunged the state into turmoil, as loads of Hindu right-wing activists disrupted vehicular motion, and vandalised stores and workplaces of the ruling CPM.
The state was once underneath siege as strike supporters clashed with police and the ruling CPM activists at several places.
In Thrissur, three BJP activists had been stabbed all through a clash with staff of the Social Democratic Party of India (SDPI), the political wing of Popular Front of India, a militant Islamic outfit, police said.
Most state-run buses saved off the roads after several of them had been broken in Wednesday's violence, whilst only a few autorickshaws plied in cities and towns.
Two women beneath 50 claim they entered Kerala's Sabarimala temple +
A 55-year-old guy, who was once seriously injured when CPM staff hurled stones at protesters from atop their birthday party workplace at Pandalam in Pathanamthitta district, died past due Wednesday night time.
However, chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan informed media that the man, Chandran Unnithan, died due to cardiac arrest.
Unnithan was once a part of the protest march taken out by way of Sabarimala Karma Samiti on Wednesday night which came underneath assault by way of CPM staff.
Nine other folks accused of involvement in the assault had been known and two of them arrested, police said.
As tempers ran high in Kerala, the Supreme Court Thursday refused to urgently hear a contempt petition moved by way of a lawyers' group against Sabarimala temple authorities for final the shrine for purification after two women entered it.
Protests in Kerala as two women input Sabarimala temple, state-wide shutdown on Thursday +
A bench of chief justice Ranjan Gogoi and justice S Okay Kaul said that the contempt petition might be heard in conjunction with the pending assessment petitions against the apex court verdict which allowed women of all age groups to go into the Sabarimala temple.
Advocate P V Dinesh showing for Indian Young Lawyers Association informed the bench that the temple authorities closed the shrine Wednesday for purification after the ladies's access which was once in violation of the apex court verdict.
Vijayan, who blamed the BJP-RSS combine for the violence, warned of stern motion against the perpetrators.
He informed reporters here that the federal government was once now not against the conclusion of the believers, but owed allegiance to the Constitution.
"There was a clear planning to the violence unleashed by the hartal supporters. Since yesterday, there has been so much violence. Media personnel, including women, and police were among those attacked," Vijayan said.
Seventy 9 state delivery corporation buses had been vandalised and 31 police workforce injured in violence, he said.
"Most of those attacked were women. Many shops have been damaged by Sangh Parivar. Offices of CPM)=, CPI have been vandalised and attacked in the state," Vijayan said.
Protest demonstrations by way of the BJP and Sabarimala Karma Samithi turned violent at several places in Kozhikode, Kannur Malappuram, Palakkad and Thiruvananthapuram.
Police used batons and water canons to get a divorce protests.
The workplace of the CPI at Palakkad was once attacked by way of the protesters and the vehicles parked in front of it, including state delivery corporation buses, auto-rickshaws and police vehicles had been pelted with stones.
Agitators hurled a crude bomb at an area beedi manufacturing unit controlled by way of the CPM in Thalassery in Kannur district, nevertheless it didn't explode, police said, adding 10 right-wing activists had been arrested.
Another crude bomb was once thrown at Nedumangadu police station about 17 km from here, officers said. It was once now not in an instant known whether it went off and led to any harm.
Journalists staged a protest march in the state capital after they had been allegedly assaulted by way of protesters. The state's police chief Lok Nath Behera said a different workforce will probe the assault on media.
Normal lifestyles was once thrown haywire as a result of the shutdown, as stores and resorts remained shuttered in the state capital.
However, defying the 'Hartal' name, some shopkeepers opened their institutions on SM Street, a big trade hub in Kozhikode, besides a few places in Kochi and Kollam underneath police security.
CPM workplaces had been pelted with stones in Ernakulam and Mallapuram districts, whilst a library controlled by way of the birthday party in Palakkad was once also vandalised.
Some Youth Congress staff had been injured once they had been hit by way of the pilot car of the manager minister's convoy whilst they attempted to show black flags to Vijayan.
The Congress is watching a 'black day' against the access of ladies into the Sabarimala shrine, the domicile of its perenially celibate deity Lord Ayyappa.
Bindu and Kanakadurga, two women of their 40s, had defied dire threats from saffron organisations and presented prayers on the temple that was once out of bounds for women and girls between 10 and 50 years of age, breaking the centuries- previous tradition and infuriating the Hindu right.
Scores of protesters had been arrested from other portions of the state for breaking peace.
The state's universities postponed the examinations scheduled for Thursday.
Kerala on edge as mobs take to streets over women's entry into Sabarimala
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