During the attacks by the Muslim mob on February 24, DCP Amit Sharma was also grievously injured along with another Delhi police officer ACP Anuj Sharma. Head Constable Ratan Lal was killed by the rioters.
The Thuglak magazine had recently decided to re-publish its articles dating back to Periyar's Salem rally in 1971 where he had paraded naked idols of Sri Rama and Sita with garlands of shoes.
Levitt, who received the 2013 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, was on a three-day visit to the state. His boat, anchored near Alappuzha after a trip to Kumarakom, was not allowed to leave by CITU protestors, who threatened the crew.