Gandhian Sasi Perumal collapsed and died while he was holding a protest in front of a Tasmac shop at Marthandam in Kanyakumari district on Friday. He was 59.
Perumal, who attended the funeral of former President APJ Abdul Kalam in Rameswaram on Thursday, travelled from there to Marthandam to join the residents whose protests for removal of a liquor shop in the area entered the 1028th day on Friday.
Perumal and some other protesters climbed on a 150-foot high mobile tower. He fainted and was brought down by police.