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Friday, Jul 18, 2025
The woman, identified as Mari, a resident of the Mukkiladi Oorali colony at Cheeral near Bathery, was produced before the District Sessions Court here on Tuesday by officials of the police and the Central Bureau of Investigation.
The police registered a case under the provisions of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act on Friday after pressure mounted.
Vishwanathan was accused of theft because of his colour and his looks. Those who accused him of theft assumed he was the natural suspect because he was an Adivasi, stated the report.
Viswanathan was assaulted by a group of persons at the waiting room at the hospital accusing him of theft.
Manorama News reported that the CCTV visuals show 12 people around Vishwananthan at the time the family alleged he was beaten up.
Vishwanathan was found dead, hanging from a tree, on Kozhikode Medical College Hospital campus on Friday.
Meanwhile, the state govt approved Rs 2 lakh to be given as emergency relief to Viswanathan's family. Minister K Radhakrishnan promised a thorough and fair probe into the incident.
While it was first reported Vishwanathan died by suicide, police have now changed it to unnatural death.
Literacy exam topper Karthyayani Amma and national-award winning singer Nanjiyamma were the highlights of Kerala's float that was in the shape of a Beypore Uru.
The feared and revered god is often invoked by devotees when they get into trouble with police and court.
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