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Commotion prevailed astatine Thrissur Medical College Hospital connected Sunday aft the household of Ram Narayan, a migrant idiosyncratic from Chhattisgarh who was allegedly lynched by a mob astatine Walayar successful Palakkad, refused to person his body.
The household demanded ₹25 lakh successful compensation, registration of the lawsuit arsenic mob lynching, and that the State authorities carnivore the full outgo of transporting the assemblage to his autochthonal place.
The infirmary witnessed heart-rending scenes arsenic Ram Narayan’s wife, mother, and insignificant children arrived to place the body. Amid tears and protests, household members and activists reiterated that they would not let the assemblage to beryllium taken location unless their demands were met.
The Ram Narayan Action Council said the authorities were bound by the Supreme Court’s landmark Tehseen S. Poonawalla vs Union of India (2018) judgment, which mandates punctual registration of FIRs successful lynching cases, time-bound investigations, and a unfortunate compensation scheme. They besides cited Section 103(2) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, which specifically deals with mob lynching and prescribes stringent punishment, including beingness imprisonment oregon death.
Activists alleged a deliberate effort to downplay the brutality of the transgression and criticised the constabulary for allegedly collecting ambulance charges from the household erstwhile the assemblage was brought from Walayar to Thrissur for postmortem examination. They besides objected to the household being asked to carnivore the outgo of transporting the assemblage home. “The authorities indispensable guarantee justness and dignity successful death,” they said.
An RDO has reportedly been deputed to clasp talks with the household and quality rights activists to resoluteness the impasse. At present, the probe has been transferred to the Crime Branch.
Ram Narayan had arrived successful Walayar astir a week earlier successful hunt of enactment and to conscionable his relative Sasikanth, a mason employed successful the area. According to Sasikanth, Ram Narayan was readying to instrumentality location soon arsenic helium recovered it hard to enactment distant from his family. “He near for the railway presumption connected the 17th. We were informed of his decease lone the adjacent time erstwhile the Walayar constabulary called,” helium said.
The household and activists person maintained that until the lawsuit is officially recognised arsenic mob lynching and capable compensation is announced, the assemblage volition not beryllium taken home.
