League’s Rs 1 cr, Rs 21 lakh from 2 individuals: Submit evidence for claims made in ‘Kerala Story’

Thiruvananthapuram: As 'The Kerala Story' rakes up a political debate in the state over its factual basis and the issue of freedom of expression, Muslim Youth League and two individuals have offered massive reward for those who provide evidence to the claims made in the film.

MYL has offered Rs 1 cr for those who can provide evidence to prove that 32,000 women were converted and recruited to terror outfit Islamic State (IS). The evidence has to be given to the district offices of the party on May 4 from 11 am to 5 pm.

Advocate and actor C Shukkur  offered Rs 11 lakh for proof of 32 women from Kerala who converted and joined the terror outfit Islamic State (IS).

Sukkur, in a Facebook post, has said, "I am offering 11 lakh rupees to those who publish information such as names and addresses of women who were converted to Islam and become members of the Islamic State by Muslim youth of Kerala. No need to produce proof for 32,000 women, just 32 is enough."

He further said that three women, who married 2 brothers who were Palakkad natives, "are the only reported cases to have joined ISIS from outside the Muslim community from Kerala".

"Everyone should stop blaming a community and a state without any proof about the 'love jihad' case which was dismissed even by the High Court," he said in his post.

Engineering consultant Nazeer Hussain Kizhakkedathu has offered Rs 10 lakh for “names and addresses” of just 10 women who were converted and joined IS.

“I am offering 10 lakh rupees to those who publish information such as names and addresses of women who were converted to Islam and become members of the Islamic State by Muslim youth of Kerala. No need to produce proof for 32000 women, just 10 is enough,” he wrote on Facebook.

'The Kerala Story', starring Adah Sharma, is set to be released in cinemas on May 5. Written and directed by Sudipto Sen, the film is portrayed as "unearthing" the events behind "approximately 32,000 women" allegedly going missing in the southern state.

The film falsely claims they converted, got radicalised and were deployed in terror missions in India and the world, according to the ruling CPM and opposition Congress in Kerala.