Thiruvambady Devaswom welcomes Chennithala order to reprobe 2024 Thrissur Pooram disruption

Thrissur: Keralam Home Minister Ramesh Chennithala’s reported decision to reject a Crime Branch report and order a reinvestigation regarding the alleged Thrissur Pooram disruption in 2024 was on Sunday welcomed by the Thiruvambady Devaswom.

Thiruvambady Devaswom secretary K Gireesh Kumar told the media that they had sought a re-investigation into the alleged disruption of the festival in 2024 and had met Chief Minister V D Satheesan, Chennithala and Devaswom Minister K Muraleedharan regarding it.

“They were convinced by our claims and probably decided to verify the Crime Branch report and found that it was not correct,” he said.

He also rejected news reports of a lack of communication between the devaswoms organising the festival and the police and claimed that there was a “conspiracy” to disrupt the event and it was evident from how the force acted at that time.

“We, therefore, happily welcome the home minister’s decision to reinvestigate the matter,” Kumar said.

It is the Paramekkavu Devaswom and the Thiruvambady Devaswom which organise and carry out the iconic Thrissur Pooram festival in Keralam.

Meanwhile, CPI MLA from Thrissur district and former state minister K Rajan said that the Left was not scared of any such investigation.

“People should know the true facts. That is all we want,” he said.

There were police interventions in the Thrissur Pooram rituals and the subsequent controversies took the sheen off the annual spectacle held in April 2024.

For the first time in the history of the festival, the display of fireworks, one of the major attractions of the event, which was scheduled in the early hours, was held in broad daylight the next day, which turned out to be a disappointment for the festival buffs.