The Kerala Police seized and destroyed air balloons and masks with the image of freedom fighter Veer Savarkar distributed in Thrissur during the legendary Pooram festival. Hindu Mahasabha state president Kishan CJ was arrested and held in preventive custody in connection with the incident.
Police ‘recovered’ balloons and masks were stored in Hindu Mahasabha’s Thrissur office and destroyed them. The visuals of the incident have gone viral on the internet. Earlier, umbrellas bearing the image of Veer Savarkar were withdrawn by Paramekavu Devaswom’s exchange of umbrellas’ ceremony (kudamattam) following the opposition from CPM.
BJP leader and former Rajya Sabha MP Suresh Gopi inaugurated the event of Kudamattam. The images of Suresh Gopi holding an Azadi umbrella with a picture of Savarkar had gone viral. MLA P Balachandran was also present at the inaugural function.
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