SHRC orders probe into police inaction over alleged quarry mafia attack

The State Human Rights Commission (SHRC) has registered a lawsuit and ordered an probe into allegations that the constabulary failed to enactment connected an onslaught by the quarry mafia targetting a antheral opposing amerciable quarrying astatine Cheerattamala adjacent Perinthalmanna.

The Commission’s judicial subordinate K. Baijunath directed the District Police Chief to behaviour an enquiry and taxable a study wrong 15 days. The Commission volition see the lawsuit astatine its adjacent sitting astatine Tirur.

Jijo Varghese, an activistic with the Centre for Protection of Social Justice, was allegedly attacked by a pack linked to the quarry mafia connected April 23 portion helium was travelling connected a motorcycle.