A tribal youth in Kerala’s Wayanad district was allegedly dragged by a automotive for 500 meters Sunday, prompting police to e book its occupants in an tried homicide case.
The motion got here after a video of the incident went viral on social media. In accordance with the police, the sufferer, recognized as Mathan, was admitted to the federal government medical faculty at Mananthavady in Wayanad.
The video purportedly confirmed one occupant within the automotive holding on to Mathan’s hand by the window because the automobile dragged him alongside.
Police attribute the incident to a dispute between two teams of individuals at Koodal Kadavu verify dam close to Mananthavady, a vacationer spot. When one group tried to assault the opposite, Mathan, who was on the location, allegedly intervened to pacify each side. This allegedly provoked the group within the automotive, which dragged him by the street.
State SC/ST welfare minister O R Kelu mentioned the police have orders to take stringent motion towards the assailants. The federal government has taken a critical word of the problem, he mentioned.
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