Dalit groups stage march in Kannur alleging bid to derail probe into student’s death

Alleging that the ongoing probe into the decease of dental pupil Nithin Raj is aimed astatine shielding the accused and derailing the case, a conjugation of Dalit and Adivasi organisations staged a protestation march successful the territory connected Friday (April 17).

Speakers astatine the march said the probe was not being conducted based connected the family’s ailment but alternatively connected a ailment filed by the assemblage Principal, who they accused of being a co-accused successful the case. They further alleged that attempts were being made to divert the probe to indebtedness apps to conceal what they described arsenic execution and caste-based harassment.