Overview
- Identified as Prabhavathi Amma of Chalappuram, the 73-year-old confronted a scooterist trying to cut through a Kozhikode footpath and forced him back onto the road.
- The Kerala Motor Vehicles Department amplified the video, asked the public to help identify her, and later visited her home to felicitate her with a traditional shawl.
- Authorities now say the scooter rider’s driving licence has been suspended for endangering public safety and violating traffic rules.
- The episode was captured in a widely shared clip posted on Instagram and Reddit, drawing millions of views and broad praise for her civic action.
- Kerala Motor Vehicles Rules, 1989, prohibit driving motor vehicles on footpaths, a law officials highlighted as they pledged stricter action against such violations.