The Thuglak magazine had recently decided to re-publish its articles dating back to Periyar's Salem rally in 1971 where he had paraded naked idols of Sri Rama and Sita with garlands of shoes.
Levitt, who received the 2013 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, was on a three-day visit to the state. His boat, anchored near Alappuzha after a trip to Kumarakom, was not allowed to leave by CITU protestors, who threatened the crew.
Last evening, the Delhi Police had to enter the Jamia Millia Islamia University to quell the bouts of violent acts accompanying the protest against the Citizenship Amendment Act.