JHARKHAND MIRROR

By Gladson Dungdung

22 October, 2007 Countercurrents.org

Though Kerala state in India is known for total literacy, it was a horrible experience of the ‘instant justice’ for 40-year-old pregnant woman Jyoti and her two kids, who were stripped and beaten up by a mob accusing them of stealing a golden anklet of a child in the vicinity। The ghastly incident took place in a busy market of Edappal in Malappuram district of Kerala on 7th of October 2007, when a customer raised an alarm, saying her child’s golden anklets had been stolen. Soon after the incident, Tamil-speaking vagabonds were noticed outside the shop.

Suddenly a mob gathered, Jyoti and her kids were made to undergo a forced body search but the missing ornaments were not found on them। The angry mob began to attacking them, Jyoti even displayed her bulging tummy to her attackers pleading for mercy but they kicked and beat her mercilessly for 45 minutes. The kids were also treated alike. They were left on the road unattended for nearly an hour and a half. All three were seriously injured. As usual the police witnessed the incident as mute spectators and finally they took them to the police station instead of hospital to complete their quorum. The action was not taken against the culprits. Read more…