Malayalam writer and theatre activist Kamal C Chavara alias Kamalsy Prana, who is facing a sedition case, said Thursday that he would burn his book, a quote from which had invoked the case, in protest against the police’s reluctance to withdraw the sedition charge.

“I don’t want to live as a writer. The case related to sedition over a Facebook comment, taken from my book Smashanangalude Note Pusthakam, still exists. I have asked the publisher Green Books to withdraw the book. On Saturday, I would burn my book in Kozhikode, taking responsibility for all my mistakes. I don’t want to be a writer,’’ he said in a Facebook post.

He said police have not withdrawn the sedition charge registered against him as they had promised. “Till today, police have been flitting in and out of my house, where my parents and my brother, who is speech and hearing impaired, cannot live peacefully due to me. I am getting a lot of phone calls, threatening in nature,” he added.