Hindutva activists clashed with the police at the base of the Thiruparankundram hill outside Madurai city as they attempted to breach a police cordon and force their way to the summit on Wednesday, December 3. They were trying to light the Karthigai Deepam (lamp) at the ‘Deepothoon’, a pillar located next to a Sufi dargah atop the hill.

Four policemen were injured as the mob raised provocative slogans targeting the DMK-led state government and minorities. Following the unrest, Madurai District Collector K J Praveenkumar immediately imposed a curfew in Thiruparankundram under Section 163 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS).

Armed with a court order, hundreds of Hindutva activists — led by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Hindu Munnani, Hindu Makkal Katchi, Rashtriya Swayamse

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