{"id":2432,"date":"2026-07-28T17:31:59","date_gmt":"2026-07-28T17:31:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gilabs.in\/shereport\/?p=2432"},"modified":"2026-07-30T17:34:46","modified_gmt":"2026-07-30T17:34:46","slug":"elderly-woman-alleges-police-assault-at-kerala-secretariat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gilabs.in\/shereport\/elderly-woman-alleges-police-assault-at-kerala-secretariat\/","title":{"rendered":"Elderly Woman Alleges Police Assault at Kerala Secretariat"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Thiruvananthapuram: An elderly woman from Varkala alleged that she was assaulted by police personnel when she visited the Kerala Secretariat to meet the Chief Minister&nbsp;regarding&nbsp;a financial complaint. She claimed that officers forcibly pushed her into a police vehicle, causing facial injuries. She later sought treatment at a government hospital and lodged a complaint with the police. However, the Cantonment Police denied the allegations and&nbsp;stated&nbsp;that no case has been registered, describing the complaint as baseless.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Action to be Taken:<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The allegations should be investigated promptly, impartially, and transparently by an independent authority to ensure accountability. CCTV footage, witness statements, and medical records should be examined to&nbsp;establish&nbsp;the facts. If any misconduct by police personnel is found,&nbsp;appropriate disciplinary&nbsp;and legal action should be taken. At the same time, the complainant should be provided with necessary medical care, legal&nbsp;assistance, and protection throughout the inquiry. Authorities should also reinforce protocols for respectful treatment of citizens visiting government offices and strengthen mechanisms for receiving and addressing public grievances safely and fairly.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thiruvananthapuram: An elderly woman from Varkala alleged that she was assaulted by police personnel when she visited the Kerala Secretariat to meet the Chief Minister&nbsp;regarding&nbsp;a financial complaint. She claimed that officers forcibly pushed her into a police vehicle, causing facial injuries. She later sought treatment at a government hospital and lodged a complaint with the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2433,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[290],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2432","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-kerala-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gilabs.in\/shereport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2432","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gilabs.in\/shereport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gilabs.in\/shereport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gilabs.in\/shereport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gilabs.in\/shereport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2432"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/gilabs.in\/shereport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2432\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2434,"href":"https:\/\/gilabs.in\/shereport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2432\/revisions\/2434"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gilabs.in\/shereport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2433"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gilabs.in\/shereport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2432"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gilabs.in\/shereport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2432"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gilabs.in\/shereport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2432"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}