Will visit Sabarimala next unannounced: Trupti Desai

Women's right activist Trupti Desai has decided to go back after a 13-hour standoff at the Kochi airport after devotee-protesters refused to let her proceed to the Sabarimala shrine, which opened for a 64-day pilgrimage on Friday. She, however, vowed to come back, saying she will next visit the hill shrine unannounced using “guerrilla tactics”. The activist had stayed put at the airport after landing from Pune at around 5 am with six young women en route to the hill temple, but was stopped by hundreds of protesters, including women and BJP workers, gathered outside the airport.