ALAPPUZHA: Poet Deepa Nishanth who arrived at State Youth Festival venue in Alappuzha to judge Essay writing competition was booed off by a group of youths who were among the audience.

The protest was raised in the wake of a controversy in which she is accused of publishing another poet’s poem under her name.

Amid the protest, Deepa Nishanth and two other judges were shifted to another place.

Meanwhile, the organisers said Deepa was invited to judge because she is a teacher and literary person and so they have no plans to remove her from the judge's panel.