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Social activist K. M. Salimkumar passes away
Writer and social activist K. M. Salimkumar, 76, passed away here on Sunday.
He was closely affiliated with the Naxalite movement in the State and was imprisoned during the Emergency. Salimkumar later focused on Dalit rights campaigns. He led Athasthitha Navodhana Munnani and Kerala Dalit Maha Sabha in the State. A campaign in 1989 where a copy of Manusmrithi was publicly burned had caught wide attention. He had published a few books on Dalits as well as on social issues.
Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan condoled his death.
Marxist-Leninist Party of India (Red Flag) condoled the passing away of the writer, said a statement issued by its district secretary Charles George.
