Kerala Lecturer Attack

• Massive support for Kerala lecturer whose hands were chopped off

  Kerala lecturer T J Joseph, whose hand was chopped off by fundamentalists four months ago for allegedly insulting the Prophet in a question paper, made his first public appearance at an event on Tuesday. The function was organized by colleagues and Left-leaning intellectuals to express solidarity to him. Joseph said he was touched by the support he...

• Kerala: Lecturer attack accused wins poll

  The recently concluded local body polls in Kerala threw up a surprise result. Anas Vazhakulam, an accused in the attack on lecturer T J Joseph, who's in jail, won a panchayat seat with a huge margin, that too on the ticket of a party that made its electoral debut.Anas is accused of giving shelter to those who chopped off the hand of lecturer T J Jo...

• Kerala wants NIA to investigate lecturer attack

  Kerala has asked the Centre to order a probe by NIA into the attack on a college lecturer whose hand was chopped off allegedly by activists of radical outfit PFI for preparing a question paper with alleged derogatory references to Prophet Mohammed.   Union Home Secretary G K Pillai told reporters today that the state government had made t...

• Police meets Kerala lecturer whose hand was chopped off

  A police team investigating the attack on a lecturer, whose right hand was chopped off for preparing an allegedly inflammatory question paper, met him at hospital on Monday to gather information about the incident.The team led by Muvattupuzha Deputy Superintendent of Police Sabu Mathew spoke to Prof T J Joseph and his sister, prime witnesses in the...

• Kerala lecturer attack: Police crackdown against radicals

  The victim of a Taliban-style brutal attack, lecturer TJ Joseph is, recovering in a private hospital in Kochi. His right hand was chopped off by Muslim fundamentalists last week for preparing a question paper which allegedly contained derogatory references to Prophet Mohammad.

• Two arrested for cutting off lecturer's palm in Kerala

  For more than 16 hours, six doctors performed a series of surgeries to reattach T Josspeh's hand to his right arm.It was cut off by seven people in broad daylight when Joseph was on his way home from church with his family on Sunday morning. An axe was used on Joseph. It was his sister who picked up his severed hand and carried it to the hospital i...

• Kerala: Lecturer attacked over question paper

  A private college lecturer, out on bail after being arrested for preparing an alleged inflammatory question paper that had triggered protests by Muslims, was attacked and his right palm severed by unidentified persons at Muvattupuzha in the Kerala on Sunday, police said.The lecturer, T J Joseph, was dragged out of his car and hacked with sharp weap...