Litmus 2025, a summit of atheists organised by a bunch known as esSENSE Global, was disrupted for round two hours whereas the police evacuated the stadium and carried out an intensive safety examine.
The police allowed the organisers to renew the occasion by 2 p.m. after the safety examine as they didn’t discover something suspicious. The man carrying the gun, recognized as a local of Udayamperoor in Ernakulam, was taken to the Kadavanthra police station for additional investigation. “It has been discovered that the gun is licenced and no case has been registered over the incident. The man claimed that he was not conscious that bringing gun to a crowded place was unlawful. The police might be verifying his claims,” a police official with the Kadavanthra station stated.
No bomb risk: police
Though preliminary experiences cited a bomb risk as the rationale behind the motion, the police clarified that there was no such risk.
“The organisers had intimated us after safety guards discovered {that a} participant was in possession of a gun. All the delegates had been evacuated. A complete checking, together with examination by the bomb squad, was carried out on the stadium earlier than the programme was allowed to be resumed,” in line with the police.
The police intervention got here throughout a debate session with rationalist-writer C. Ravichandran, one of many key organisers of the occasion, and Sreejith Panicker, a right-leaning political commentator. According to the organisers, over 4,500 delegates had been attending the occasion. Bangladeshi-Swedish author Taslima Nasrin is scheduled to attend the meet on Sunday night.
Published – October 19, 2025 05:19 pm IST
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