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Six persons have been arrested for their alleged involvement in an attack on a noted Malayalam author-poet Kureepuzha Sreekumar in Kerala’s Kollam district on Monday, as per media reports.
The incident happened when Sreekumar was returning after a delivering a speech at public forum against the proposed construction of a wall by Hindu groups at Bhajanamadam in Vadayambadi.
Hindu groups in Vadyambadi had proposed the construction of a wall near Bhajana Madom Devi temple, which led to tension in the area after Dalit groups protested against its construction.
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Sreekumar’s car was waylaid by six people purportedly with RSS affiliations and then verbally abused, threatened and manhandled. His car also suffered minor damages in the attack. Sreekumar later filed a complaint at a local police station.
The office of Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan has also intervened in the matter and directed the district police chief to act against the assailants.
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