Bring witnesses from Nepal in minor abuse case: Kerala child rights panel
The Hindu
Girl, abused in Kozhikode, and her parents have left for Nepal
The Kerala State Commission for Protection of Child Rights has directed that witnesses be brought back from Nepal immediately in a case pertaining to sexual abuse of a girl from Nepal in Balussery.
The commission directed the Home Secretary and the State and the District Police Chiefs to constitute a special team if needed. Commission member B. Babitha was suo motu taking action on a letter from the Koyilandy Fast Track Special Court about failure to execute non-bailable warrants issued against the witnesses (the girl’s parents).
The girl was sexually abused in November last year and a man from Kozhikode was arrested in this regard. Though the Kozhikode child welfare committee ordered that the child be given shelter at the Women and Children Home in Kozhikode, the mother declined the offer, and the CWC permitted the girl to remain with her parents.
YSR Congress president and Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy emerged triumphant in Pulivendula Assembly constituency by defeating former MLC Mareddy Ravindranath Reddy alias ‘B.Tech’ Ravi of the Telugu Desam Party (TDP) by 61,687 votes, which, however, is the lowest victory margin ever secured by Mr. Jagan Mohan Reddy in his home turf.