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Women's commission demands arrest, action against culprits

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Press Trust of India Thiruvananthapuram
Kerala Women's Commission today demanded immediate arrest and awarding of exemplary punishment to those responsible for attacking and forcefully cutting the hair of a congress worker who unsuccessfully contested the recent civic polls.

]The commission has written to Chief Minister, Oommen Chandy and Home Minister Ramesh Chennithala in this regard.

The 50-year-old congress worker, Sathikumari, was attacked for allegedly contesting against the CPI-M candidate from the Perumkadavila block panchayat at Parassala in Thiruvananthapuram on November 11 and portions of her hair was forcefully chopped off.

KPCC President, V M Sudheeran and Health Minister, V S Sivakumar had visited Sathikumari, admitted to Parassala taluk hospital.
 

Chandy had described the incident as 'barbaric'.

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First Published: Nov 19 2015 | 7:43 PM IST

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