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Death Threat To Poet Murukan Kattakkada

T'puram: Death threats have been raised against poet and lyricist Murukan Kattakkada for penning songs for the LDF in connection with the campaign for assembly election. An anonymous person called the writer on phone and threatened that he will be killed inch by inch at his residence. Following this, Murukan Kattakkada filed a complaint with Thiruvananthapuram Rural SP and Cyber Crime police station. LDF had widely used the song ‘ Manushyanakanam’ written by Murukan Kattakkada during their election campaign across the state. The song was penned for the movie ‘ Choppu’ , a biopic of playwright E K Ayamu. The death threat was raised in connection with this. Purogamana Kalasahithya Sangham (PuKaSa), DYFI and other organisations expressed protest over the incident.

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