Sanal Edamaruku, Indian rationalist living in Finland, was arrested in Poland following Interpol notification of India issued by India | Today news

An Indian activist in Finland, Sanal Edamaruku, was reportedly arrested in Poland on an Interpol notice by the Indian authorities. Edamaruku is being sought in India on defamation charges and has been living in self -imposed captivity in Finland since 2012. According to Rationalist International, a Foundation found Edamaruku, he was detained at Warsaw Modlin Airport on March 28. He was traveling to Poland to attend a human rights conference. The Finnish Foreign Ministry also confirmed to local news agencies that he was aware of his arrest. The Indian government issued an Interpol-Red Notice for Edamaruku and sought its extradition, the rationalist international said. Why was Sanal Edamaruku charged with blasphemy? In 2012, Sanal Edamaruku angered the Catholic Church in India after investigating the water dripping from a crucifixion and concluded that it was a sewage leak and not a miracle. As a result, he was charged with blasphemy. In 2020, Sanal Edamaruku claimed that his life would be in danger if he returned to India. His organization also referred to violence and murders facing rationalists like him in the country. Who is Sanal Edamaraku? Sanal Edamaraku’s LinkedIn profile says he is an alumni of Jawaharlal Nehru University (Junu). Between April 2008 and January 2012, Sanal was the president of the International Center for Kathakali in New Delhi. He studies and acts at various Kathakali phases as a student. Later he set plays based on non-traditional themes, including the Nigerian Play Shakila and the Finnish Epic Calvala. Sanal also introduced female roles in Kathi and Pacha styles in Kathakali. The rationalist worked as a columnist and national political analyst at the Kerala SABDam Group of Publications from July 1985 to June 2012. He was also the Bureau chief between 2006 and 2012. Sanal Edamaruku also served as the president of the Kerala School in New Delhi from November 2011 to July. Unesco-affiliate educational institutions there until December 2013. He founded the rationalist international organization in Finland in December 2013 and has since been the president. He has also been the president of India’s Indian Rationalist Association since July 2005. There he was previously the latest secretary secretary in 1984.