PATHANAMTHITTA: Pandalam representative Sasikumara Varma said that he has doubts on whether women who reached Pampa are naxalites. Have they observed Vrutha for 41 days? Their arrival on the day of the procession of Thanka Anki is suspicious. We are committed to protect customs. The role of top officials on it is to be probed, he said.

A manithi team functioning in Tamil Nadu has arrived in Sabarimala. They are stationed at Pampa due to heavy resistance from the protesters. They are firm in their stand of visiting Sabarimala. Though the police approached them for a conciliation, the team are firm in the decision.