M. Geethanandan is an Indian social activist working on political and economic issues faced by tribals and dalits in the state of Kerala, India.

[4] The occupation ended with massive police violence in which a policeman and an Adivasi person were killed.

The tribal people had gathered under Adivasi Gothra Maha Sabha (AGMS) to protest the Kerala government's delay in allotting them land, which had been granted in October 2001.

A video of the firing was aired on several television news programs[6] and prompted noted author, Arundhati Roy, into writing You have blood on your hands.

The two were spotted by locals at a roadside, near Nambikolli, about 4 kilometers from the town of Sulthan Bathery on the Bathery-Ootty road.