Actress Assault Case: UDF Moves Women's Panel For Action Against LDF Leaders
NDTV
The Congress Rajya Sabha MP and Mahila Congress state chief Jebi Mather lodged the complaint with the rights panel.
The Congress-led opposition UDF on Wednesday petitioned the Kerala Women's Commission against a group of ruling LDF leaders alleging they had insulted the survivor in the actress assault case, involving actor Dileep, after she recently approached the High Court with a complaint charging political interference in the ongoing probe.
The Congress Rajya Sabha MP and Mahila Congress state chief Jebi Mather lodged the complaint with the rights panel against CPI(M) state secretary Kodiyeri Balakrishnan, state Transport Minister Antony Raju and party veteran and former minister MM Mani accusing them of hurting her self-esteem and insulting womanhood through humiliating comments.
Seeking action against the leaders, the complaint also said belittling serious issues faced by the survivor as a woman to mere politically motivated allegations was an insult to her.
Such unsavoury remarks, made to save the face of the Left government and to cover up the lapses in the probe, amounted to curtailing the rights of the survivor under the UN Declaration of Basic Principles of Justice for Victims of Crime and Abuse of Power 1985, it added.
