Police beating Ayyappa devotees: HC orders enquiry

KOCHI: Kerala High Court has ordered an inquiry into incidents in which Ayyappa devotees were beaten up by police. Devaswom Special Commissioner has been asked to submit a report.

A division bench headed by Justice Kemal Pasha gave the orders after it received a complaint stating that the police in Sabarimala were manhandling the devotees in rush hours. The plaint further said that the devotees faced police beating when they stood in queue to climb 18 steps.

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