Activist Rehana Fathima, a BSNL employee who had made an attempt to enter the Lord Ayyappa Temple in Sabarimala, has been transferred to the Palarivattom telephone exchange in Kochi where public contact is not required, sources said. Fathima, a telecom technician working in the customer relations section at the Boat Jetty branch in Kochi, was Tuesday transferred to the telephone exchange at Palarivattom.

Details Transferred, house vandalized, expelled from Muslim-community. What else for Fathima?

The Sabarimala Karma Samithi Tuesday organized a protest march to the Palarivattom BSNL office, seeking Fathima's expulsion. However, the sources said she has not committed dereliction of duty. The Kerala Muslim Jama'ath Council had expelled Fathima from the Muslim community for "hurting sentiments of Hindu devotees". Her house was allegedly vandalized by unidentified people after she made a failed attempt to reach the temple.

Protests Fathima also protested against statement comparing 'women's breasts to watermelons'

Fathima, a model and an activist, was among the two women who reached the Sabarimala hilltop but had to return before reaching the sanctum sanctorum following massive protests by Ayyappa devotees. A mother of two, the activist had kicked up a row last year by posing for photos topless with watermelons to protest against a Kozhikode-based college professor's statement comparing women's breasts to watermelons.

Court's order Case registered against the activist for 'hurting religious sentiments'