Complete probe into discrimination against sanitary worker: HC
Based on Sasikala’s complaint, Kottampatti police registered a case against Roopa under Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) and provisions of the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act.
Justice R Vijayakumar also directed the police to provide protection to the petitioner/sanitary worker D Sasikala of Melur of Madurai district. The petitioner Sasikala moved court seeking a direction to the Madurai district superintendent of police to supervise the investigation in the case and to grant protection to the witnesses. Madurai : Madras high court on Monday directed the Madurai district police to complete the investigation and file a final report within three months in the case pertaining to alleged discrimination and harassment of a sanitary worker belonging to the scheduled caste community by a panchayat secretary of Kambur village in Madurai district.