‘Form probe team under woman officer’: Cong-led alliance to Kerala govt in Dalit teen case

The Congress-led United Democratic Front (UDF) on Sunday demanded that the Kerala government constitute a special probe team under the leadership of a female Indian Police Service (IPS) officer, amid shock and horror in the state over the alleged sexual abuse of an 18-year-old Dalit athlete in the Pathanamthitta district.

No criminal involved in the case should go “scot-free,” Congress MLA VD Satheesan, the Leader of Opposition in the Kerala assembly, said. Further, Satheesan emphasised the importance of a “comprehensive awareness drive” to ensure no other child in the state suffered the ordeal faced by the Pathanamthitta girl.