Malappuram’s ‘violent district’ tag gets a beating

Malappuram district in Kerala, which recently faced defaming remarks from a BJP leader alleging it as the most violent district, is now being praised widely for local people’s active participation in rescue operations risking their lives during the AIE flight crash.

Pictures of local people standing in long queues at hospitals even in the midnight to donate blood for the flight crash victims have gone viral on the social media. Even the district administration had to urge that people in containment areas need not turn up for blood donation.

The district collector’s statement that all baggage of passengers were recovered safely from the spot and kept in safe custody also highlighted that there was no looting of valuable from the mishap spot, which used to be common at many major accident spots.