THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Hurling crude bombs and stones, fringe groups on Thursday rampaged throughout the streets of Kerala, fighting pitched battles with police and political rivals, leaving ratings of people injured including 3 BJP employees in a knife attack, officers mentioned.
The dawn-to-dusk 'Hartal' known as by way of Sabarimala Karma Samithi, an umbrella organisation of pro-Hindutva groups, and the Antarrashtriya Hindu Parishad (AHP), to protest the entry of two ladies of reproductive age into the Sabarimala temple on Wednesday nearly brought the state right down to its knees.
Hordes of right-wing activists had been at the streets soon after the shutdown started, striking burning tyres and granite blocks at the roads, bringing vehicular visitors to a halt at a number of places.
The state used to be under siege as they attacked over 20 offices of the ruling CPI(M) and its different Left allies, and clashed with police, leaving no less than 31 team of workers injured.
In Thrissur, 3 BJP activists had been stabbed throughout a scuffle with employees of the Social Democratic Party of India (SDPI), the political wing of Popular Front of India, police mentioned. The incident happened when saffron birthday party employees tried to pressure a restaurant to down the shutters.
A 55-year-old man, who used to be significantly injured when CPI (M) employees hurled stones at protesters from atop their birthday party workplace at Pandalam in Pathanamthitta district, died overdue Wednesday night time.
However, chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan told media that Chandran Unnithan died because of cardiac arrest. The post- mortem, alternatively, later confirmed he died from severe head accidents.
Unnithan used to be part of the protest march taken out by way of Sabarimala Karma Samiti on Wednesday night which got here under attack by way of CPI(M) employees.
Nine people accused of involvement within the attack have been known and two of them arrested, police mentioned.
As tempers ran top in Kerala, the Supreme Court refused to urgently pay attention a contempt petition moved by way of a lawyers' crew towards the Sabarimala temple government for remaining the shrine for purification after two ladies entered it.
A bench of Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi and Justice S K Kaul mentioned that the contempt petition will likely be heard along with the pending review petitions towards the apex court docket verdict which allowed ladies of all age groups to go into the Sabarimala temple.
Advocate P V Dinesh showing for Indian Young Lawyers Association told the bench that the temple government closed the shrine Wednesday for purification after the women's entry which used to be in violation of the apex court docket verdict.
As the state plunged into chaos, governor P Sathasivam sought an "urgent report" from chief minister Vijayan at the disturbances.
"Sought from Chief Minister @CMOKerala an urgent Law and Order report on the incidents of violence and destruction of private & public property in Kerala following entry of two young women in #Sabarimala temple," the governor mentioned in a tweet.
The BJP actively supported the hartal, while the main opposition Congress one at a time seen a 'black day' to protest the entry of the women into Sabarimala temple, the domicile of Lord Ayyappa, its "eternally celibate" deity.
Nearly 750 troublemakers had been arrested across the state for indulging in violence, while 628 others had been taken into preventive custody, police mentioned.
A staggering 559 instances had been registered in reference to violent incidents.
Kerala State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC) Chairman and Managing Director Tomin Thachankary told reporters that more than 100 buses had been damaged causing a loss of Rs three.35 crore to the debt-ridden public sector undertaking.
The chief minister blamed the BJP-RSS mix for the violence and warned of stern action towards the perpetrators.
He told reporters that the federal government used to be now not towards the realization of the believers, however 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 mentioned.
He also slammed the Sabarimala head priest for engaging in purification rituals after the entry of the 2 ladies, pronouncing the Tantri should have quit if he used to be now not ready to simply accept the Supreme Court verdict. The apex court docket had on September 28 lifted the ban on entry of women and girls in 10 -50 years age crew into the shrine.
Protest demonstrations by way of the BJP and Sabarimala Karma Samithi grew to become violent at a number of places in Kozhikode, Kannur Malappuram, Palakkad and Thiruvananthapuram.
Police used batons and water-cannons to get a divorce the protests.
The dawn-to-dusk 'Hartal' known as by way of Sabarimala Karma Samithi, an umbrella organisation of pro-Hindutva groups, and the Antarrashtriya Hindu Parishad (AHP), to protest the entry of two ladies of reproductive age into the Sabarimala temple on Wednesday nearly brought the state right down to its knees.
Hordes of right-wing activists had been at the streets soon after the shutdown started, striking burning tyres and granite blocks at the roads, bringing vehicular visitors to a halt at a number of places.
The state used to be under siege as they attacked over 20 offices of the ruling CPI(M) and its different Left allies, and clashed with police, leaving no less than 31 team of workers injured.
In Thrissur, 3 BJP activists had been stabbed throughout a scuffle with employees of the Social Democratic Party of India (SDPI), the political wing of Popular Front of India, police mentioned. The incident happened when saffron birthday party employees tried to pressure a restaurant to down the shutters.
A 55-year-old man, who used to be significantly injured when CPI (M) employees hurled stones at protesters from atop their birthday party workplace at Pandalam in Pathanamthitta district, died overdue Wednesday night time.
However, chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan told media that Chandran Unnithan died because of cardiac arrest. The post- mortem, alternatively, later confirmed he died from severe head accidents.
Unnithan used to be part of the protest march taken out by way of Sabarimala Karma Samiti on Wednesday night which got here under attack by way of CPI(M) employees.
Nine people accused of involvement within the attack have been known and two of them arrested, police mentioned.
As tempers ran top in Kerala, the Supreme Court refused to urgently pay attention a contempt petition moved by way of a lawyers' crew towards the Sabarimala temple government for remaining the shrine for purification after two ladies entered it.
A bench of Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi and Justice S K Kaul mentioned that the contempt petition will likely be heard along with the pending review petitions towards the apex court docket verdict which allowed ladies of all age groups to go into the Sabarimala temple.
Advocate P V Dinesh showing for Indian Young Lawyers Association told the bench that the temple government closed the shrine Wednesday for purification after the women's entry which used to be in violation of the apex court docket verdict.
As the state plunged into chaos, governor P Sathasivam sought an "urgent report" from chief minister Vijayan at the disturbances.
"Sought from Chief Minister @CMOKerala an urgent Law and Order report on the incidents of violence and destruction of private & public property in Kerala following entry of two young women in #Sabarimala temple," the governor mentioned in a tweet.
The BJP actively supported the hartal, while the main opposition Congress one at a time seen a 'black day' to protest the entry of the women into Sabarimala temple, the domicile of Lord Ayyappa, its "eternally celibate" deity.
Nearly 750 troublemakers had been arrested across the state for indulging in violence, while 628 others had been taken into preventive custody, police mentioned.
A staggering 559 instances had been registered in reference to violent incidents.
Kerala State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC) Chairman and Managing Director Tomin Thachankary told reporters that more than 100 buses had been damaged causing a loss of Rs three.35 crore to the debt-ridden public sector undertaking.
The chief minister blamed the BJP-RSS mix for the violence and warned of stern action towards the perpetrators.
He told reporters that the federal government used to be now not towards the realization of the believers, however 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 mentioned.
He also slammed the Sabarimala head priest for engaging in purification rituals after the entry of the 2 ladies, pronouncing the Tantri should have quit if he used to be now not ready to simply accept the Supreme Court verdict. The apex court docket had on September 28 lifted the ban on entry of women and girls in 10 -50 years age crew into the shrine.
Protest demonstrations by way of the BJP and Sabarimala Karma Samithi grew to become violent at a number of places in Kozhikode, Kannur Malappuram, Palakkad and Thiruvananthapuram.
Police used batons and water-cannons to get a divorce the protests.
Kerala turns into war zone after women's entry into Sabarimala
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