[4] The then Minister of Home Affairs of Kerala, Kodiyeri Balakrishnan, made a statement that while government is aware that there is a local Dar-ul Khada set up by All India Muslim Personal Law Board, functioning to resolve civil disputes, there were no complaints received that it was passing "Taliban-model" orders.
In the examination, question number 11 asked students to punctuate a dialogue between a character and God, given below:[10] The passage was adapted from a lecture by Malayalam film director P. T. Kunju Muhammed that was in his book, Thirakathayude Reethisasthram (Methodology of Screenplay), published by Kerala State Institute of Languages.
[12][13] In the original text, Kunju Muhammed explains a scene in his 1999 film Garshom, in which the character Nasarudheen, an NRI who has returned to India, is madly talking to himself.
[17] An all-party meeting called by the District Collector decided to recommend action against the professor responsible for incorporating the question that reportedly hurt the religious sentiments of the community.
[18] The state police registered a case under Section 295 of the Indian Penal Code (for causing communal hatred) against the professor who subsequently absconded.
[24][1][25][26] According to police, the attack was carried out by an eight-member team consisting of Savad of Asamannoor, Pareeth of North Vazhakkulam, Shobin of Kothamangalam, Nazar of Aluva, Shajil of Muvattupuzha, Shamsuddin of Perumbavoor, Shanvas and Jamal.
Joseph gave a media interview from his hospital bed, where he stated that he had used an extract from a university-approved book on the Malayalam language, and that his opponents did not give him an opportunity to explain the situation.
[36][37][38][39] PFI leader Anas won the Vanchinad division of Vazhakkulam block in Ernakulam district in the civic body elections, while he was in judicial custody and lodged in the Viyyur central jail in connection with the case.
[42][43] The State police was criticised when some of the officers of Ernakulam range made a deal with the Popular Front of India for ending investigation in the case.
On 8 July 2010, a team led by Aluva ASP J Jayanath unearthed a gun from the house of Ayoob, a leader of the Popular Front of India.
[60] Judicial First Class Magistrate Court, Muvattupuza, declared the absconding Popular Front of India leaders, K K Ali and Nazar as proclaimed offenders.
[63] On 13 August 2010, The Aluva police led by ASP J. Jayanath arrested six activists of the Popular Front of India while they were holding a meeting and attempting to distribute propaganda booklets.
320 copies of the book "Asavarnarkku Nallathu Islam", which contained material tarnishing Hindu and Christian religions, were seized from the hall where the meeting was being held.
[64][65] On 15 August, police arrested Niyaz against whom a lookout notice had been issued in the case relating to the attack as he was travelling in a train from Tamil Nadu to Kerala.
[68] P Abdul Hameed, Kerala state general secretary of the Popular Front of India, was questioned by the Special Investigation Team probing the hand-chopping case in Ernakulam on 17 August.
Earlier on 16 August, Prof P Koya, chief editor of Thejas daily and member of PFI supreme council, was questioned at the Aluva police club by the SIT.
[69] On 19 August Special Investigation Team (SIT) officials questioned Nazeruddin Elamaram, President of the Popular Front of India at Muvattupuzha.
[77] Police arrested Shobin, a B-Tech graduate of Kothamangalam, and Shanavaz alias Shemy of Valluvalli near North Paravur, from the Coimbatore railway station on 6 September.
On 6 September 2010, the Kerala Government informed the state high court that investigators found no evidence of a connection between the Popular Front of India with Hizbul Mujahideen, Lashkar-e Taiba (Let) or al-Qaeda.
[78][79] On 8 September the Kerala High Court dismissed the bail applications of seven activists of Popular Front of India- Siyad, Sikander, Kamarudeen, Abdul Lateef, Moideen Kutty, Shiyas and Mohammed Ali.
[80][81] On 15 September the Kerala government transferred four cases registered against PFI activists to the Internal Security Investigation Team (ISIT) which probes terrorism-related incidents.
as he refused to oblige the Aluva ASP J. Jayanath to become an approver by confessing that he was a conspirator in the hand chopping case, was accepted by the court while considering his bail application.
[89] The Kerala State Assembly raised its voice in unison to strongly condemn the hacking of T. J. Joseph, by fundamentalist elements on the following day.
The Bishop of Kothamangalam diocese, Mar George Punnakottil issued pastoral letters condemning the attack on Professor and demanding nabbing of culprits.
[100] The Bharatiya Janata Party set up a four-member panel headed by Mr Harin Pathak (senior Supreme Court lawyer), Pinky Anand, Wilfred Misquita (Goa BJP vice-president) Advocate Balasubramanium Kamarasu.
Mr Harin Pathak alleged that the Kerala Government had failed miserably in combating terror and the State was becoming a breeding ground for terrorist activities.
The Hindu also noted in its editorial that "The act of a gang that cut off the hand of a college teacher, by wielding an axe on a thoroughfare in Kerala in broad daylight, had Talibanism writ all over it.
[109] In July 2013, criminal charges were brought against 37 people, of which 31 subsequently underwent trial in a special National Investigation Agency court, with the remaining 6 absconding.