Women accuse police of bias in road rage case

An incident of street rage that occurred within the district on April 16 out of the blue grew to become a sizzling matter of dialogue on social media following a criticism by two girls, who have been on the receiving finish, in opposition to the police for not reserving the person for homicide try.

Hasna was returning house on her scooter along with her youthful sister Hamna on the pillion on April 16 afternoon when a automobile dangerously overtook them by the fallacious aspect at Panambra close to Calicut College.

Scared, Hasna gestured angrily on the automobile. Quickly the automobile blocked the scooter, stopped in entrance of them, and the motive force, C.H. Shabeer from Tirurangadi, bought off the automobile. He reportedly walked as much as the ladies and slapped them. By the point folks gathered across the girls and began capturing a video, the person left the scene. The ladies drove straight to the police station at Tirurangadi and filed a criticism.

‘Solely minor expenses’

The police stated they registered a case in opposition to Mr. Shabeer underneath Part 323 (for voluntarily inflicting harm) and Part 341 (for wrongful restraint) of the Indian Penal Code. The police stated he was arrested and launched on bail. The ladies, who have been coming back from Kozhikode to Parappanangadi, complained that Mr. Shabeer had crushed them 5 occasions in public. The police stated they have been investigating the matter.

The ladies alleged that the police had slapped solely minor expenses in opposition to Mr. Shabeer even after he behaved dangerously on the street. They accused the police of yielding to political strain from Indian Union Muslim League (IUML) leaders as Mr. Shabeer was from an influential household with hyperlinks to the IUML.

Girls’s panel response

Kerala Girls’s Fee chairperson P. Satheedevi stated that on listening to concerning the incident, the fee bought in contact with the Malappuram Deputy Superintendent of Police. The official inquired on the police station involved and was informed {that a} case for rash and negligent driving and voluntary inflicting harm had been charged on the premise of the assertion of a younger lady, and the automobile taken into custody. Nonetheless, following the assertion of the second lady, the police had been requested to look into including related sections comparable to Part 354 (assault) to the costs and register a case.