Kanakadurga is now lodged in One Stop Centre, a State-run women's home

Ostracised and allegedly assaulted by her family, social activist Kanaka Durga, whose entry into Sabarimala Temple had triggered a wave of violent protests across the State, has been sent to a One Stop Centre for violence affected women at Perinthalmanna managed by the Social Justice Department.

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She was discharged on Monday from the Government Medical College Hospital, Kozhikode, where she had been admitted with injuries to her head, allegedly inflicted by her mother-in-law when she tried to enter her house at Perinthalmanna last week. Mediation attempts by the police failed and Ms. Durga’s husband had refused to allow her into his house in Perinthalmanna. He and his family vacated their house and shifted to a rented house at Manjeri.

Legal remedy

Ms. Durga can stay at the One Stop Centre for five days.

She is seeking legal remedy to get an order under Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act to enter her husband’s closed house at Perinthalmanna.

Her brother Bharat Bhushan too disowned her last week and said that the family would not allow her to enter her home at Areekode until she apologised for her action to Sabarimala devotees.

Mr. Bhushan had alleged that his sister entered Sabarimala with the support of the police. He also alleged that Ms. Kanakadurga had attacked her mother-in-law at Perinthalmanna.