Suhasini Raj is a journalist based in India. At
Cobrapost she conducted
Operation Duryodhana, aired on
Aaj Tak news channel in India on 12 December 2005, wherein she bribed eleven members of the Indian Parliament to ask questions in Parliament that were ostensibly meant to be lobbying for small scale industries.. Currently she works with the south Asia bureau of ''
The New York Times'' in Delhi.
On October 18th, 2018, Suhasini Raj attempted to visit the
Sabarimala
The Sabarimala Temple (; ml, ശബരിമല ക്ഷേത്രം) is a temple complex located at Sabarimala hill inside the Periyar Tiger Reserve in the Perinad Village, Pathanamthitta district, Kerala, India. It is one of the largest ...
which is a famous
Ayyappa pilgrim centre located in
Kerala. It was following the Supreme Court verdict to allow entry of all women to Sabarimala irrespective of age. However devotees stopped her midway with prayer chants as it was against Sabarimala tradition for ladies between 10 and 50 years of age to enter
Sabarimala
The Sabarimala Temple (; ml, ശബരിമല ക്ഷേത്രം) is a temple complex located at Sabarimala hill inside the Periyar Tiger Reserve in the Perinad Village, Pathanamthitta district, Kerala, India. It is one of the largest ...
, and she was escorted back down hill. She alleged that the protesters manhandled her and pelted her with stones. She is facing online abuse and threats ever since the incident.
References
Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
Indian investigative journalists
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