Author P Jimshar was beaten up by four men in Kerala's Palakkad.
Thiruvananthapuram:
A 26-year-old author from Kerala, P Jimshar, has been hospitalised after he was allegedly beaten up by four people for his coming book.
The book is titled "Padachonte Chithrapradarshanam' - which translates as "A painting exhibition by the Creator" - is expected to be released soon.
After a family function on late Sunday night, as Mr Jimshar was waiting at a bus stand in Palakkad, four men allegedly came and started kicking and abusing him for invoking the "creator" the book.
He was taken to the hospital by a local security guard and an auto-rickshaw driver, who saw lying on the road.
In his statement to the police, the author, who is currently hospitalized in Palakkad, said the attackers, while assaulting him, kept asking him, "Will you bring out a book in the name of the creator?"
The police have registered a case against one known and three unidentified persons.
"It was around 10.30 in the night," Mr Jimshar told mediapersons, giving details of the attack. "One man came up and started chatting with me at the bus stand and suddenly became very loud, asking if I had written about the 'creator' and kicked me on my chest. Within seconds, three others joined him and started attacking me. I don't know them but I can identify them."
The attack on Mr Jimshar comes a year after noted Tamil author Perumal Murugan was hounded in Tamil Nadu by caste groups for his novel "One part woman".
The author, who had said he would quit writing, got relief from the Madras high court, which dismissed a criminal case filed against him, saying, "The author should not be under fear... the choice to read is always with the reader. If you do not like a book, throw it away... yet, the right to write is unhindered".
The book is titled "Padachonte Chithrapradarshanam' - which translates as "A painting exhibition by the Creator" - is expected to be released soon.
After a family function on late Sunday night, as Mr Jimshar was waiting at a bus stand in Palakkad, four men allegedly came and started kicking and abusing him for invoking the "creator" the book.
He was taken to the hospital by a local security guard and an auto-rickshaw driver, who saw lying on the road.
In his statement to the police, the author, who is currently hospitalized in Palakkad, said the attackers, while assaulting him, kept asking him, "Will you bring out a book in the name of the creator?"
The police have registered a case against one known and three unidentified persons.
"It was around 10.30 in the night," Mr Jimshar told mediapersons, giving details of the attack. "One man came up and started chatting with me at the bus stand and suddenly became very loud, asking if I had written about the 'creator' and kicked me on my chest. Within seconds, three others joined him and started attacking me. I don't know them but I can identify them."
The attack on Mr Jimshar comes a year after noted Tamil author Perumal Murugan was hounded in Tamil Nadu by caste groups for his novel "One part woman".
The author, who had said he would quit writing, got relief from the Madras high court, which dismissed a criminal case filed against him, saying, "The author should not be under fear... the choice to read is always with the reader. If you do not like a book, throw it away... yet, the right to write is unhindered".
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