When Kanakadurga after the verdict by a village court entered her husband's house, she found that her husband and her mother-in-law had already moved to another house. The court had granted the Sabarimala visitor permission to live in her husband’s house.
Malappuram: A ‘Gram Nyayalaya’ (village court) on Tuesday ordered that Kanakadurga, who had trekked the Sabarimala hills and offered prayers at the Ayyappa temple, should be allowed to stay in her husband’s home. But when she entered the house on Wednesday, she found that her husband and mother-in-law had moved out.
As per reports, Gram Nyayalayas are presided over by a Nyayadhikari (court judge), who have the same powers of a Judicial Magistrate of First Class. A petition was filed by Kanakadurga under the Domestic Violence Act stating that she had the right to stay at her husband’s home. Nyayadhikari Nimmi KK, in her order, upheld the petition and said Kanakadurga had all the right to live in her husband’s home.
Kanakadurga's husband Krishnanunni refused to take his wife back home after she was discharged from hospital. Following this incident, the police intervened and provided temporary shelter for her at One Stop Centre, a temporary shelter for aggrieved women.
But when Kanakadurga after the verdict entered her husband's house, she found that her husband and her mother-in-law had already moved to another house.
Social rejection still surrounds the Sabarimala shrine visitor as her family and relatives continue to reject her.
Bharathbhushan, brother of Kanakadurga blamed Kerala chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan over his sister's visit to the Sabarimala shrine on January 2. Bharathbhushan participated in Ayyappa Bhakta Sangamam (Ayyappa Devotees Gathering) programme, which was organised by the BJP, Sabarimala Karma Samithi and other Sangh Parivar outfits.
Bharathbhushan apologised publicly in the Ayyappa Bhakta Sangamam programme for his sister's "brutal act" of hurting Ayyappa devotees' sentiments. He also alleged that CPI(M) and Pinarayi Vijayan are the driving force behind the entry of women of menstruating age into Sabarimala. He said that CPI(M) party workers were behind this conspiracy, headed by Vijayan.
In the same speech he also said that it was Kanakadurga who had attacked her mother-in-law after reaching home contrary to what the Sabarimala visitor stated in her complaint.
Kanakadurga entered the Sabarimala shrine on January 2. This triggered a series of mass protests in the state and caused a state-wide hartal. Meanwhile, on January 18, the Supreme Court directed the Kerala government to provide 24x7 police protection for Bindu and Kanakadurga, the two women who entered the Sabarimala temple.
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