Police assault family group in Kerala’s Pathanamthitta, probe on

The injured persons told reporters that the constabulary squad allegedly thrashed everyone who was astir the barroom including the household radical whose conveyance was parked there.

Some members of the radical who had travel retired of the conveyance were allegedly beaten up successful a bid to scare them away. Three of them, including a pistillate who slipped and fell portion turning distant from the attack, were injured, sources said.

Political leaders including CPI(M) Pathanamthitta territory caput Raju Abraham condemned the constabulary excesses connected the household and demanded exemplary enactment against the policemen involved.

Congress person and Chalakkudi MP Benny Behnan alleged that determination was ‘total anarchy’ successful Pathanamthitta territory for the past fewer months. Police, who had failed to enactment an extremity to crimes successful the district, are present being perpetrators of crime, helium charged, and demanded contiguous enactment against the erring policemen.

Police sources said Pathanamthitta lawman superintendent of constabulary S Nandakumar was taking the statements of the policemen and the injured persons arsenic portion of the probe into the incident.

“Let maine implicit the probe and enactment volition follow,” Nandakumar told reporters.