SUCI activists Shajir Khan, Mini, Sreekumar and self-styled spiritualist Himaval Bhadrananda, alias ‘Thokku’ Swamy, are the other detainees. Consequently, Mr. Shajahan’s arrest has become a subject of public debate and discussions in the social media and on television whether he was a victim of political vendetta. The organisation said Mr. Shajahan and their workers had come separately to express their solidarity with Ms. Mahija in her emotionally charged struggle to secure justice for her son. Shajir Khan, Sreekumar and Mini who accompanied Ms. Mahija had a political past of championing the rights of students in private colleges since their campus days. Neither Mr. Shajahan or the SUCI have any link with Bhadrananda.

Source: The Hindu April 08, 2017 14:15 UTC