•Malayalam superstar Mammootty faced cyber-bullying after expressing displeasure over CPI(M) leader K Rafeeq accompanying him during a private visit to a Wayanad township.
•Mammootty reportedly feared his visit to the township for landslide survivors would be politicized by the ruling party.
•CPI(M) Ministers P A Mohammed Riyas and P Rajeev cautiously addressed the controversy, defending Rafeeq and praising Mammootty's visit.
•Congress leader Cherian Philip condemned the "cruel" cyber-attack, alleging CPI(M) supporters targeted Mammootty for stating the township used public funds.
•Mammootty visited the newly inaugurated Wayanad Model Township, built for 178 families displaced by the July 30, 2024 Mundakkai-Chooralmala landslide.
