In Kerala's Nilambur area, a man with criminal records was arrested for vandalising a temple and trying to cause communal violence. After the details of the incident came out, a Reddit user wrote an "open letter to all Indians from Kerala".

The man behind the attack, identified as Mohanakumar S S, confessed to vandalising the temple and idols and was booked under IPC Section 153A (promoting enmity between different groups on the grounds of religion) and Section 295 (injuring or defiling place of worship with intent to insult the religion of any class). A Deccan Chronicle report said that he hailed from Kilimanoor in Kerala's capital Thiruvananthapuram

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"The doors of the main sanctum and the idols inside were found broken. This was almost immediately followed by a hartal by Hindu Aikya Vedi", the Reddit user wrote in the open letter.

The user also claimed that there was a social media campaign "urging Hindus to be ready to open refugee camps across southern districts of Kerala". According to the open letter, there were rumors of "possible Muslim involvement".

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However, none of that happened because the Kerala Police department caught the perpetrator within 24 hours. The user goes on to talk about how lies are spread to create differences between people of different religions. The accused had claimed that he attacked the temple to protest against bad customs in the Hindu religion.

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But the user pointed out, the smear campaigns being plot and how there is a need to "resist fascism".

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