Overview
- The June 20, 2024 video from Ernakulam North police station shows then SHO Prathap Chandran pushing and striking N. J. Shymol, with a woman officer also seen slapping her.
- The Inspector General, South Zone, suspended Chandran, now posted as Aroor SHO, on the State Police Chief’s directions.
- Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan directed urgent action, and the DGP sought an immediate report from the law-and-order ADGP.
- Police had earlier refuted the allegations and an internal inquiry had cleared the officer before the court-ordered release cast those findings in doubt.
- Additional complainants have come forward, including a Kakkanad resident alleging a 2023 assault, while Shymol and her husband Benjo plan further legal action.