Perumbavoor: A stream of high-profile people are visiting a hospital here in Ernakulam district to meet the mother of a poor Dalit woman whose brutal murder has shocked not just Kerala but the rest of the country.
A long list of VIP visitors, including politicians and film stars, have been visiting Kuruppampady taluk hospital where the victim's mother Rajeshwari has been admitted since receiving the shock of the murder.
Expected to visit her shortly are Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi.
Modi, according to state BJP leaders, is likely to call on Rajeshwari either on May 8 or 11, when he has election campaign programmes scheduled in Kerala.
Gandhi is arriving in the state next week and will also be visiting the victim's mother.
Other important visitors that are expected include Union Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment Thawar Chand Gehlot and National Women's Commission chairperson Lalitha Kumaramangalam.
The intensive noise and tension of politics and media coverage are not lost on all.