Oscar-winning sound designer Resul Pookutty has supported the online campaign calling for a boycott of the upcoming Kerala polls in the wake of rape and murder of a Dalit woman in the state.
According to police, the woman, a law college student, hailing from a poor family, was raped and brutally assaulted before being murdered at her house at Perumbavoor in Ernakulam district on April 28.
The crime has been dubbed "Kerala's Nirbhaya" for its chilling similarities to the gang-rape in 2012 of a young Delhi student on a moving bus.
The girl later succumbed to her injuries.
Many are calling for boycott of the votes if the government and police fail to bring the culprits to justice.
Pookutty shared on Twitter a poster, which read, "No Excuses for RAPISTS. HANG THEM ON THE SPOT. NO VOTE NO JUSTICE."
He wrote, "Guys and Gals be firm about this. Kerala is not Delhi, we have to be assertive."
Two persons have been taken into custody in connection with the crime.
Yesterday, another Dalit woman, a 19-year-old nursing student, was allegedly gangraped in Varkala, Kerala.
