THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The scheduled Caste and Tribe Commission has issued a show-cause notice to Sabarimala tantri for performing purification rituals soon after two women entered Sabarimala. Commission member S Ajaya Kumar informed this via Facebook. As one of the women who entered Sabarimala was a dalit, the rituals performed by the tantri can be considered as pure untouchability and the notice was sent due to that, he said.

The notice sent has asked him to appear for hearing on January 17 and as he did not appear before the commission, the show cause notice was sent, he said.