Pregnant woman attacked in Kerala

Very Strong Action is required, it is a shame for the nation and it should never happen again. Arrest those who attacked the pregnant women. Everyone should respect women's rights.

A pregnant woman was thrashed and punched in mob fury after she was accused of a theft in a village in Malappuram district in Kerala and her dress torn too in the search for a stolen anklet.

Five persons were arrested on Monday in connection with Sunday’s brutal attack by the public at Edappal village. The State Human Rights Commission and a local court have sought a detailed police report on the incident.

Forty-year-old Jyothi, a wandering tribal woman hailing from Tamil Nadu, her teenaged daughter Kavitha and a five-year-old girl were targeted by a group of about 100 persons that included employees of a textile shop from where a customer's gold anklet was reported missing, police said. The shop employees and public alleged the woman was moving in a ‘suspicious manner’, police said.

Despite the trio pleading that they had nothing to do with the theft, they were roughed up for about an hour and their dresses torn to find out if they had hidden the anklet within their clothes, the sources said, adding the ornament was not found in their possession.

It was after police reached the spot that the enraged people were dispersed from the scene and the woman was rushed to a nearby hospital. She was discharged from there and then let off from the police station after a search.

“In all, five persons, allegedly involved in the brutal attack, have been arrested today and a police team, led by Tirur DYSP, N K Pushkaran is probing the incident to identify other culprits,” Malappuram SP, P Vijayan told PTI.

The identity of three of the persons have been established. The state human rights commission has sought a detailed police report and summoned the district sp on October 25. The Ponnani first class judicial magistrate court directed the police to submit its report within seven days after it admitted public interest litigation and posted the matter for further hearing on October 16.