Kerala Police on Saturday registered a case against NIT Calicut professor Dr Shaija Andavan based on a complaint by the SFI, students’ wing of CPI-M against her Facebook post expressing pride in Nathuram Godse assassinating Mahatma Gandhi and saving India.
The professor has been booked by the Kunnamangalam Police under IPC Section 153 (wantonly giving provocation with intent to cause riot).
On January 30, the day the country observed Martyrs’ Day to mark the assassination of Gandhi, Prof Shaija posted on Facebook: “Proud of Godse for saving India.”
Her message was a comment to a post by advocate Krishna Raj who posted Godse’s photograph with the words: “Hindu Mahasabha activist Nathuram Vinayak Godse. Hero of many people in India.”
After facing the ire of netizens, the professor quickly deleted her comment. “I never thought the incident would spark a controversy of this level. I am saddened by the developments,” she said.