A private bus carrying Sabarimala devotees met with an accident at Kanamala village near Erumeli in Pathanamthitta district of Kerala on Wednesday morning.
Ajith Kumar is currently holding the charge of Sabarimala Coordinator. DGP Sheikh Darvez Sahib apprised the meeting about the preparedness of the Police Department to ensure the pilgrimage takes place in a peaceful manner.
The Kerala High Court on Tuesday asked the state government to guarantee that no person visits Sabarimala Temple without virtual queue booking or spot booking.
It has, meanwhile, been reported that the Kerala High Court is considering to appoint a legal team to study the complaints of pilgrims about crowding at Sabarimala.
Taking a serious note of how the guard of the Devaswom Board regulated devotees who arrived for the Makaravilakku ritual on 14 January, a division bench of Justices Anil K Narendran and P G Ajithkumar said it was a "flagrant violation of the directions issued by this court.
The Ayyappa devotees were headed home after visiting Sabarimala when their car met with an accident late Friday.
According to the prosecution, Dileep, had also seen the visuals of the attack on the actress.
Minister Kadakampally Surendran's remark appeared to have evoked images of the tumultuous days in several quarters. His confession ahead of the Assembly elections is viewed as an attempt by the LDF to prevent a repeat of the backlash it faced in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections.
In the wake of the opposition UDF and BJP raising the Sabrimala women entry a campaign issue against LDF in the Assembly polls next month, senior CPIM Kerala leader and state Devaswom minister Kadakampally- Surendran on Thursday expressed regret over the incidents that took place in Sabarimala over the women entry issue.
On October 19, 2018, Fathima along with another lady accompanied by a top police official and 100 other policemen tried to go up to the temple.
