November 17, 2018:
On Saturday, tension gripped in Kerala after fringe outfits started a campaign against the detention of Hindu Aikya Vedi state president, KP Sasikala, saying she was detained while carrying ‘irumudi kettu’.
Meanwhile, the police said she was held in preventive custody for flouting sec 144 of IPC.
Ayyappa devotees complained that the police restriction on Sabarimala temple is making their pilgrimage difficult, after the shrine opened amid heavy police restrictions.
No one was allowed to stay at the temple top following a heavy rush after the shrine gates opened at 5 am today.
The Sabarimala Karma Samiti, an umbrella organisation of outfits, called for a dawn to dusk hartal in Kerala in protest against arrest of Sasikala who was on the pilgrimage to Sabarimala Lord Ayyappa temple.
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