"I hope that soon religious discrimination will go away. That time will come and we all will be treated like human beings and not on the basis of religion."

Beginning on September 7 in Kanyakumari, Tamil Nadu, Rahul Gandhi walking for a total of 150 days, traveling 3,570 kilometers across 12 states and two union territories, stopping in seven districts over the course of 19 days, and finally arriving in Karnataka on October 1.

Vetoing the government's plea to withdraw the prosecution proceedings against him, the trial court passed the order that the actor should face the criminal case booked against him. 

In contradiction to what his counsel has divulged in the court, the actor is yet to reach India even as he tries to secure an anticipatory bail to evade the arrest in the case. 

As the judgement and quantum of the sentence have been pronounced against Kiran Kumar, Vismaya's father Trivikraman Nair has said that he was satisfied with the verdict.

Justice Sujith had held Kiran guilty of three charges including dowry death while two other charges 323- punishment for voluntarily causing hurt and 506- criminal intimidation were not included in the verdict.

Thomas had served as the Union Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food, and Public Distribution under the Manmohan Singh rule from 2011 to 2014. 

Earlier this week, a 16-year-old girl had died after eating Shawarma in an eatery in the Kasaragod district. It was found that the Levantine dish was served with rotten chicken.

Appalled by these incidents, the Tamil Nadu Food Department had launched a massive raid across the state, that was similar to the raids carried out in Kerala.

The incident had drawn quick attention as the dish has spurred a debate recently after a school student in Kerala's Kasaragod died after eating Shawarma.