Sabarimala: Actor-politician Kamal Haasan blames right wing for inciting violence
Chennai, Jan 4: Actor-politician Kamal Haasan has squarely blamed the right-wing for "inciting" violence in Kerala after Hindu fringe groups ran riot in Kerala on Thursday over entry of two women into the Lord Ayyappa shrine at Sabarimala.
They went on the rampage during the dawn-to-dusk 'Hartal' called by Sabarimala Karma Samithi, an umbrella organisation of pro-Hindutva groups, and the Antarrashtriya Hindu Parishad, to protest the entry of two women of reproductive age into the hill shrine on Wednesday.
"Violence has been incited by the right wing," the veteran actor and Makkal Neethi Maiam chief told reporters at Chennai airport last night when asked about the issue.
Asked about the suspension of 24 AIADMK MPs from the Lok Sabha for staging protests over the Cauvery issue, he merely said "good."
On Prime Minister Narendra Modi's statements on January 1 expressing openness for an alliance with him (Haasan) and 'superstar' Rajinikanth, he said "that is his stand."
"But will we go is something we have to decide. We will announce it at a meeting separately," he said.
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Hit by car, delivery agent dies after falling from flyover in Delhi
New Delhi (PTI): A food delivery agent died after falling from the Dabri flyover in southwest Delhi when his scooter was allegedly hit by a car on Thursday morning, police said.
The car driver fled from the spot, police said.
A PCR call was received at 7:35 am informing that a person had fallen from the Dabri flyover on Pankha road and required immediate medical assistance, they said.
A police team rushed to the spot and found a damaged scooter and a car on the flyover. The scooter rider sustained serious injuries and was immediately shifted to a nearby hospital in an ambulance, where doctors declared him dead, they added.
According to police, the victim was identified as Rajkumar, a resident of Jharkhand's Godda district. He was working as a delivery executive with a private food delivery service in Delhi.
The car involved in the accident bears a Delhi registration number and is registered in the name of a Dabri resident, police said.
"The body has been preserved in a mortuary and efforts are underway to apprehend the absconding driver," a senior police officer said.
A case has been registered under relevant sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and an investigation is underway to ascertain the exact sequence of events leading to the accident, police said.
