Two Women Make It To Sabarimala

Two young women entered the Sabarimala Ayyappa temple in Kerala under pol­ice cover in the early hours of Wednesday, triggering an­ti-­government protests across the State.

Special Correspondent

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM

Chandran Unnithan, 55, a BJP worker, was killed when a protest march taken out by the Sabarimala Karma Sa­mithi (SKS) in the palace town of Pandalam was pelt­ ed with stones by mis­creants. He suffered a head injury and died later in hospital.

The women who were in their early 40s — Bindu from Kozhikode and Kanakadurga from Malappuram — reached the foothills around 1.30 a.m. at Pampa, from where they were escorted to the temple by plainclothes poli­cemen.

CM conrms darshan

Chief Minister Pinarayi Vi­jayan later conrmed the temple entry of Bindu and Kanakadurga. “Yes, they have had darshan.”