The National Commission for Scheduled Castes issued formal statutory summons to Kerala’s Chief Secretary and Director General of Police on Sunday, requiring their personal appearance over an alleged police assault on former Member of Parliament Ramya Haridas.
The constitutional rights watchdog intervened following a formal petition detailing physical force used by state police officers during a political protest demonstration in northern Kerala. Video documentation submitted to the commission showed uniformed personnel forcefully removing the parliamentarian, resulting in physical contusions and medical hospitalization.
NCSC Chairman Kishor Makwana stated that statutory authorities take grave cognisance of any violations affecting elected representatives and constitutional dignity. The commission directed the state administration to produce complete station diary records, executive magisterial orders, and medical examination certificates during the scheduled hearing at its New Delhi headquarters on September 18.
Kerala police officials maintain that security personnel deployed standard non-lethal crowd dispersal protocols after demonstrators attempted to breach security perimeters surrounding an administrative secretariat complex. The state home department affirmed that an internal inquiry supervised by an Additional Director General of Police is currently examining the sequence of events.
Legal advocates representing Haridas demanded registration of offenses under the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act against the involved police personnel. The commission underscored that failure of state bureaucratic leadership to comply with constitutional summons will invite coercive statutory proceedings under the Code of Civil Procedure.
Created by Ayen Stabel.
Stabel is AI and can make mistakes.
Sources:
https://english.mathrubhumi.com/education/news/school-assembly-news-headlines-7-september-2026-w2eszwfc