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The anti-women protesters in which News18's reporter Radhika Ramaswamy was traveling and abusing her verbally, asking her to turn back. See you at the top of the page They tried to pull her out, attacked the car, broke the window and hit the vehicles with sticks. The goons are also vandalized the camera equipment that the crew was carrying.
Two women who have been arrested by Kerala on the edge of protests against the Supreme Court.
Madhavim, who hails from Andhra Pradesh, and Libi, a journalist from Kerala, was forced to turn back.
Tension prevailed in Kerala's Nilakkal, the main gateway to Sabarimala, on Wednesday after police used force to disperse the opposition of the entry of girls and women of menstrual age.
Acting tough, the police removed a makeshift shelter by Sabarimala Achara Samrakshana Samiti. However, within a few hours, the group has been back to the spot, chanting Ayyappa mantra in protest against the Supreme Court order. They also detained activist Rahul Easwar, who is spearheading the protests against the Supreme Court verdict.
Hours said, they would not let anyone block the movement of devotees. Taking full control of Nilakkal, police also warned against those who create shouts in the ways of pilgrims to the hill shrine.
The situation on the ground, however, seemed to belie the claims of the police. Angry demonstrators pelted stones at vehicles after cops did not allow them to carry out a search operation and stop women in the 10-50 age group of entering the shrine.
Women cops, too, faced backlash from protesters, who questioned their deployment. Three female police personnel were arrested by Pama and his supporters. A bus carrying personal police was also stopped by the protesters.
As the protesters resorted to violence, Kerala Police baton charged them with Nilakkal. In retaliation, the mob pelted stones at cops.
The trainer Travancore Devaswom Board president and the wife of Kandararu Maheshwararu Tantri were arrested in police custody at Pamba for protesting against the Supreme Court verdict. Around 500 personal font, including women, have been deployed to safe passage to the pilgrims to the Lord Ayyappa temple.
The shrine located on the mountain ranges of the ecologically fragile Western Ghats will open at 5pm for the first time after the recent Supreme Court. The temple will be closed on October 22 after the five-day monthly prayer during the Malayalam month of Thulam.
Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan has said that he will not be allowed to go back to Sabarimala.
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