Mammootty asks for forgiveness from Adivasi youth Madhu

The death of the

Adivasi youth

Madhu, allegedly at the hands of a mob who beat him for theft, has shocked the conscience of Kerala society.
People from across fields have expressed their outrage and pain at the incident, and among them is actor Mammootty, who has apologised to the dead youngster.

''Don't call Madhu an Adivasi. I call him my younger brother. The mob killed my brother. He is a human being, and so is your brother or son too. Above all, someone who has all the rights of a citizen. You can't call someone who steals out of hunger a thief. Hunger is a creation of society.

A society which gave the power to take law into their hands. Nothing can justify a man attacking a man. How can we claim themselves as civilised in such a world? Forgive us, Madhu,'' he wrote.