Kochi: Veteran Communist leader and Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan’s son Vivek Kiran and others’ visit to Sree Krishna Temple at Guruvayur Temple has turned controversial.
There are allegations that the CPM ruled temple administration forced a journalist to delete the video of Vivek’s visit to the temple, Kerala Kaumudi reported.
The incident happened after Vivek and others accompanying him posed for photo session organised aa plan, the journalist Raju Guruvayur who was allegedly manhandled, told Big TV. He accused a woman and a male accompanying Vivek tried to snatch the camera from Raju who had recorded video of Vivek and others near the temple.
Kiran and his associates reached the temple on Monday evening. The temple administration controlled by CPM made special facilities for Vivek Kiran and others’ darshan with VIP privileges.
Raju accused a Devaswom official of deleting the videos from his phone.
Photo: Kerala Kaumudi
