Sabarimala row: Activist Rahul Easwar arrested

October 28, 2018 12:03

Activist Rahul Easwar has been arrested by the Kerala Police for allegedly making provocative statement on the Sabarimala issue.

"I am being arrested now by kerala police," Easwar said on Twitter.

"Police not allowed me to take breakfast, 1st promised that they will take me to kims hospital. Changed promise and taking me to central police station near high court kochi. Is this not human rights violation," he siad in another tweet

Earlier, a case was registered against Easwar for his statement that he had a contingency plan to force the closure of Sabarimala temple by spilling blood on its premises by some devotees in case any woman in the 'barred' age group managed to reach it.

He has been charged under IPC Section 153 (Wantonly giving provocation with intent to cause riot).

Easwar had claimed that 20 Lord Ayyappa devotees opposing the entry of women in the age group of 10 and 50 were ready to inflict knife injuries on themselves on the temple premises which would have forced the priests to close the gates on account of impurity.

"Had their blood fallen on the floor of the temple, that would have forced the priests to shut the shrine for three days for purification rituals," Easwar, President of the 'Ayyappa Dharma Sena', had told reporters in Kochi.

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