Overview
- Kerala police registered an FIR against Printu Mahadevan under Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita Sections 192, 353 and 351(2) over a televised line that Rahul Gandhi would be shot in the chest.
- Mahadevan surrendered before Peramangalam police in Thrissur; a Kunnamkulam Judicial First Class Magistrate recorded his arrest and released him on bail.
- UDF protests over the issue led to the Kerala Assembly being adjourned after the Speaker refused an adjournment motion on the matter.
- Congress escalated the matter with multiple complaints and a letter from K. C. Venugopal to Home Minister Amit Shah seeking swift action, with fresh complaints also filed by Youth Congress in Pune.
- BJP responses varied as state leaders called the remark a slip and criticized the police case, while Mahadevan denied issuing a threat, claimed his words were distorted and described himself as non-violent.