Case charged against three who burned the novel 'Meesha'
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Thiruvananthapuram: A case has been registered against three BJP workers who burned S Hareesh's novel Meesha.
The persons yet to be identified, have been charged for deliberate attempts to trigger clashes.
The moves comes after the complaint filed by the branch manager of BC Books in the Statue junction. The police is in the process of examining their videos.
The BJP workers reached the DC Books branch in Statue on Wednesday and burned the books. The Hindu Aikya Vedi workers also organised a march to the branch on Friday.
Police protection was provided at all branches of DC Books on the basis of the complaint by the DC Books authorities.
DC Books released the first edition of the controversial novel in book form on Wednesday. The 328 page novel’s printing had finished on Tuesday and the book had been made available on shelves across branches in and out of the state.
The book, priced at 299, had no special book releasing ceremony as the author Harish was not interested in it.
As the news of the novel’s book form came out, DC Books authorities started receiving threats both online and by phone. The publisher said that the same elements who had mounted online attack earlier were behind the latest threats too. Fearing more onslaughts, Hareesh had also closed down his Facebook account.
What appears to have attracted the ire of the right-wing outfits is a conversation between two characters in the novel, where they suggest that women who go to temples are subconsciously making a declaration that they are ready for a sexual relationship.
The character also says that women, when they fail to turn up in the temple for four or five days in a month, are not ready for it on those days.
Following the threats, the author had drawn support from political circles, including former Kerala Chief minister V.S. Achuthanandan, Leader of Opposition Ramesh Chennithala and Congress MP Shashi Tharoor.
DC Ravi in a complaint filed with Kottayam East police station demanded strong action against people who had abused him and DC Books in foul language.