Malappuram: Hours after Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan announced a judicial probe into the boat tragedy that claimed 22 lives in Malappuram's Tanur, the State Human Rights Commission on Monday, registered a case on its own over the incident. Judicial Member of the Human Rights Commission K Baiju Nath directed the Malappuram District Collector and the Chief Port Surveyor of Alappuzha to submit a report within 10 days.
The Commission would consider the suo motu case on May 19.
The boat capsized near an estuary close to the Thooval Theeram beach in Tanur area around 7.30 pm on Sunday.
The Kerala government also decided to provide a compensation of Rs 10 lakh to the kin of each of the deceased and bear the medical expense of the injured people who are under treatment.
(With PTI inputs)
