Overview
- Kochi City Police registered an FIR after the October 22 incident at Durbar Hall, acting on a complaint from Kerala Lalithakala Akademi chairperson Murali Cheeroth.
- Sculptor Hochimin P H and associate Sudamshu were named as the accused over the tearing of six or seven linocut prints from Benammar’s Go Eat Your Dad series.
- The destruction was reportedly live-streamed on Facebook as the gallery was closing following earlier objections to Malayalam translations that some locals called obscene.
- Benammar condemned the attack as “violence in an art space” and the torn pieces remain on display alongside video coverage within the exhibition.
- Hochimin defended his actions as a protest against what he called abusive, anti-women and anti-Dalit language, stating he is ready to face legal consequences.