Lecturers Hand Chopped Off

• Lecturer whose hand was chopped off acquitted of 'hurting religious sentiments'

  A Kerala college lecturer whose hand was chopped off allegedly by radicals over his comments on the Prophet Mohammed in a question paper, has been acquitted by a court of charges of hurting religious sentiments.

• Massive support for Kerala lecturer whose hands were chopped off

  Kerala lecturer T J Joseph, whose hand was chopped off by fundamentalists four months ago for allegedly insulting the Prophet in a question paper, made his first public appearance at an event on Tuesday. The function was organized by colleagues and Left-leaning intellectuals to express solidarity to him. Joseph said he was touched by the support he...

• Kerala: University issues memo to Newman College

  The Mahatma Gandhi University on Saturday issued a memo to the Church run Newman College at Thodupuzha asking the management to reconsider its decision to terminate the service of Prof T J Joseph, for preparing a controversial question paper.The memo in this regard was issued by university vice chancellor, Dr Rajan Gurukkal on Saturday, varsity sou...

• Internal security probe team to handle Kerala lecturer's case

  In some relief for the Kerala lecturer, the government has transferred four cases, including the one of the lecturer's, against the radical group Popular Front of India (PFI) to the Internal Security Investigation Team (ISIT) that probes terror-related incidents. The PFI radicals were believed to be behind the gruesome attack on college lecturer TJ...

• Police meets Kerala lecturer whose hand was chopped off

  A police team investigating the attack on a lecturer, whose right hand was chopped off for preparing an allegedly inflammatory question paper, met him at hospital on Monday to gather information about the incident.The team led by Muvattupuzha Deputy Superintendent of Police Sabu Mathew spoke to Prof T J Joseph and his sister, prime witnesses in the...

• Kerala lecturer attack: Police crackdown against radicals

  The victim of a Taliban-style brutal attack, lecturer TJ Joseph is, recovering in a private hospital in Kochi. His right hand was chopped off by Muslim fundamentalists last week for preparing a question paper which allegedly contained derogatory references to Prophet Mohammad.