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Added on : 2019-11-19 16:33:30

A 12-year-old girl wept as she was stopped on her way to the Sabarimala shrine in Kerala this morning while her family was reportedly asked to proceed without her. The girl, in a pink dress, was seen in visuals being led away by a police woman at the Pamba base camp, about 9 km away from the shrine. Her father tried to comfort her and reason with the police, but nothing helped. The Kerala government has remained non-committal about giving protection to women and girls between 10 and 50 who are no longer banned from visiting the shrine after a Supreme Court order but have been unable to do so because of stiff opposition from priests, rightwing activists and even some political parties.

A 12-year-old girl wept as she was stopped on her way to the Sabarimala shrine in Kerala this morning while her family was reportedly asked to proceed without her. The girl, in a pink dress, was seen in visuals being led away by a police woman at the Pamba base camp, about 9 km away from the shrine. Her father tried to comfort her and reason with the police, but nothing helped. The Kerala government has remained non-committal about giving protection to women and girls between 10 and 50 who are no longer banned from visiting the shrine after a Supreme Court order but have been unable to do so because of stiff opposition from priests, rightwing activists and even some political parties.

Editor & Publisher : Dr Dhimant Purohit

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