Protests against police gain momentum
The Hindu
Congress, BJP accuse the force of misogyny
Anti-Government protests over the “police apathy” to victims of crime, particularly women and children, seemed to escalate on Thursday.
Congress workers clashed with the police in Aluva, accusing the Circle Inspector of prompting the suicide of a dowry harassment victim by beating her in front of her in-laws in the local station house.
Mofiya Parveen, a law student, was found dead in her house the next day. Her “suicide note”, that damned the officer’s response to her grievance, arguably belied the pro-victim policing image actively promoted by the Left Democratic Front (LDF) Government.
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