In the space of two days, the exultations over Kerala바카라s communal amity 바카라 prompted by the feel-good story of a Hindu couple getting hitched in a mosque on Sunday 바카라 on social media devolved into hate speech and also rape and death threats against a woman who 바카라gate-crashed바카라 a seminar on the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) in Ernakulam.
Footage of the incident, which took place on Tuesday at the auditorium of the Pavakkulam Shiva temple near the Vishwa Hindu Parishad state office, shows a woman, identified as Athira바카라 who supposedly raised criticisms of both the Act and the Union Government at the invitation-only gathering 바카라 being cornered and hounded out of the hall by irate women.
After she replies in the affirmative when asked whether she was a Hindu, tempers flare further and Athira is threatened with bodily harm by a woman who remarks that 바카라this is Hindu land and we will not hesitate to kill you바카라.
As the roughly 3.5-minute-long video went viral, prompting a war of words online, an FIR has been registered against Athira , a native of Thiruvananthapuram and working as a make-up artist in Kochi. She has been booked under IPC sections 477 (criminal trespass) and 294 (b) (uttering obscenities in public). Both sections carry three-month sentences and/or fines. SI Shammi, who heads the Women바카라s Police Station in the city, told Outlook that preliminary investigations had only just begun.
After being called in for questioning, it is learned that Athira also lodged a complaint, following which the police have registered an FIR against the organisers and participants of the event.
Assistant Commissioner of Police Ernakulam K. Lalji told Outlook that her statement had been taken and an FIR had been filed at Ernakulam Town North Police Station under the relevant CrPC provisions. 바카라Both cases are currently under review. Appropriate action will be taken and further details will be released in due time,바카라 he said.
Also Read: When The States Push Back
Meanwhile, Raju P. Nair, general secretary of the District Congress Committee, has petitioned the Commissioner of Police (Ernakulam) calling for a probe into the casteist and communal remarks allegedly made by the women.
바카라The FIR filed on the lady바카라s complaint did not reflect the communal nature of the abuses hurled against her. My petition seeks to rectify this by ensuring that the hate speech and communal angle is also investigated,바카라 he said.
바카라Besides the deplorable comments in the video, I understand there were many speeches at the event that could be construed as inciting violence against a particular community. I urge the Chief Minister to investigate whether hate speech and unconstitutional statements were made,바카라 Nair added.
However, C.V. Sajani of the BJP industrial cell and the co-ordinator of the event, told Outlook, 바카라The Mathrusangamam (mothers meeting) was simply a class for women to educate them on the CAA. It is obvious that the woman had come, at the behest of some hidden parties, simply to antagonise the gathering. On the pretext of asking a question, she raised slogans and called for the destruction of BJP and VHP offices so as to save the nation.바카라
In the video, Sajani is speaking at the podium when approached by the woman. Soon after, Athira is surrounded as the hall rings out with cries of 바카라Shame! Shame!바카라 Athira is then heard asking the women whether they were not ashamed of themselves.
바카라We told her she could speak if she agreed to be civil. But it was clear she had no intention to do so. Our members had to intervene before the situation got out of hand. The video doing the rounds on social media is edited. We have taken videos that have been turned over to the police as evidence that she was not acting alone. It is up to the police to ferret out her accomplices and get to the truth of the matter,바카라 Sajani said.
Despite repeated attempts to contact her for comment, Athira 바카라 who seems to have switched off her phone numbers and deleted or locked her social media accounts 바카라 appears to be keeping a low profile at this time.
