Hundreds Of Cops, Mobile Jammers As Sabarimala Temple Opens | Read
The row over protests at Sabarimala peaked today as a video surfaced that shows Kerala BJP chief Sreedharan Pillai appearing to take credit for the events. As local television channels aired the video, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan tweeted that it proves the BJP "connived to create trouble in Sabarimala". Around 2,300 security personnel -- including a 20-member commando team and 15 policewomen above the age of 50 - have been posted to keep the peace as the temple opened its doors for two days of worship this month. Last month, despite the Supreme Court order, the protesters had enforced the traditional ban on women of reproductive age at the hill shrine.
