Calicut Feb 4: The Kerala police on Saturday registered a case against a woman professor of the National Institute of Technology-Calicut for her Facebook comment “expressing pride” in Nathuram Godse for assassinating Mahatma Gandhi and thus “saving India”.
Multiple complaints were lodged against Professor A Shaija in several police stations in the city by various student organisations, including Students Federation of India, Kerala Students Union, and Muslim Students Federation, following which an FIR was registered against her. IPC Section 153 (wantonly giving provocation with the intent to cause riot) was invoked against the professor. Kunnamangalam and Nadakkavu police stations were among the stations where complaints were filed against her.
