Sabarimala Temple Kerala Lord Ayyappa Pinarayi Vijayan RSS BJP Photo Credit: IANS BJP workers jump a boundary wall during clashes with police during a protest amid a dawn-to-dusk Kerala shutdown called to denounce the visit of two women to the Sabarimala temple, that saw major violence, in Kerala's Palakkad on Jan 3, 2019.

New Delhi: Hours after a country-made bomb was hurled at the residence of CPI(M) MLA AN Shamseer on Thursday night, CPI(M) workers hurled bombs at BJP MP V Muraleedharan’s residence. According to police reports, no damages or any injuries were reported in the incident. Later, senior RSS leader Chandran was also attacked by CPM workers in Kannur.

Kerala witnessed unprecedented violence between the BJP and the CPI(M) workers and both the parties have accused each other of orchestrating violence in the state. The state witnessed widespread violence following hartal called by the right-wing groups over the entry of women in Sabarimala.

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These attacks come at a time when the state is facing intense protest over the entry of two women of menstruating age into the Sabarimala; nearly four months after the Supreme Court quashed age-old restrictions on the entry of women into the temple, reported news agency ANI.

Meanwhile, after Bindu and Kanaka Durga entered Sabarimala, another woman from Sri Lanka entered the holy shrine yesterday. There was some initial confusion over her entry to the temple as she had said that she turned back after Lord Ayyappa devotees blocked her path. The police, however, later released a CCTV footage in which Sasikala can be seen entering the temple.

According to Kerala DGP Loknath Behera, 33 people were taken into preventive detention in connection with violence in Kannur district, last night. Apart from this, 76 cases have been registered in connection with attacks in Pathanamthitta district for which 25 have been remanded while 204 people have been taken into preventive detention with 110 arrested.

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