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The Kuravilangad Police acted upon instructions from a magistrate court that ruled on a petition filed by the Imams Council.
While Bishop Kallarangatt had blamed 'love and narcotic jihad' for Christian youth falling into 'love trap', the church's publication, Sathyadeepam, has called for introspection over the deficiency in its catechism classes.
The Public Affairs Commission of the church chaired by Archbishop Andrews Thazhath has claimed that the bishop had merely tried to warn the laity against certain anti-social activities.
The Chief Minister even hinted that an apology or a retraction was the only acceptable way out for the Pala bishop.
The meet will be held at 3.30pm under the leadership of Cardinal Mar Baselios Cleemis, head of the Syro-Malankara Catholic Church.
The catechism book describes several ways being used by Muslim youths to lure Christian girls. The book also urges believers to inform the diocese's helpline numbers if they know someone has fallen prey to the 'love Jihad'.
The leader of Samastha Kerala Jem'iyyathul Ulema said that neither was it right on the part of religious leaders to make statements that hurt other communities nor just for the government to justify it.
Congress leaders K Sudhakaran and VD Satheesan have accused CM Pinarayi Vijayan of not acting judiciously to put an end to the issue.
The leak of an internal CPM document that speaks of both Muslim and Christian fundamentalism could not have come at a more opportune time for the party.
Meanwhile, the BJP has turned its attention toward the political tie-up between the LDF and the SDPI in the Erattupetta Municipality.