Malayalam poet, lyricist Murugan Kattakada receives loss of life menace over track, recordsdata plaint

By Express News Service
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Noted poet and lyricist Murugan Kattakada obtained a loss of life menace over the telephone from an nameless particular person in reference to one in every of his songs praising Marxism.

The name was obtained round 10 pm on Wednesday. The caller didn’t establish himself and threatened Murugan {that a} gang had been deployed to kill him.

Murugan on Thursday lodged a criticism with the Thiruvananthapuram Rural SP and Cybercrime police station. His track “Manushyan Aavanam” (Should be human) was the supply of provocation. He composed the track for the biographical movie “Choppu” primarily based on the lifetime of EK Aymu – the writer-dramatist of “Ijj Nalla Manushyan Aakaan Nokku”. The track just lately went viral on social media.

According to Murugan, the caller hurled verbal abuses and threatened him. “The caller had the tone of a communal extremist. He threatened me that a group was ready to kill me at my home as my creative work had hurt “him or them”. I suspect a large group behind this threat call. However, I have filed a complaint,” he stated.

The DYFI state committee strongly registered a protest over the loss of life menace to Murugan. In a press release, DIFI stated that no fascist or radical components can silence artists and cultural figures. “The attack and threat on artists and cultural icons will not be entertained in Kerala. So a strong voice should come up against this threat call,” DYFI stated within the assertion.