The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Saturday sought an action-taken report (ATR) from the Kerala police over the suspicious death of a woman migrant labourer of Kalahandi in Thrissur district of Kerala.
Acting on a complaint lodged by Akhand of the Civil Society Forum on Human Rights, the NHRC has directed the Thrishur SP to submit an ATR vis-à-vis the death of the woman within four weeks.
Notably, Ketaki Bibhar (20) of Sikerkupa village under the lanjigarh block of Kalahandi district had died in Kerala under suspicious circumstances on July 10. She was working at the laxmi Inter lux, tile-making company, at Kijayur near Pattambi in Thrissur district.
Ketaki had gone to Kerala with some co-villagers in January this year. On July 10 evening, she vomited in her room after returning from a nearby market. later she died in a hospital at Pattambi. Post-mortem was conducted at the Government Medical College and Hospital at Thrissur.
The company owner later sent the body to her native place in a train with one of her relatives.
In his petition filed on July 16, Akhand informed the NHRC that the deceased’s family members are suspecting that Ketaki was murdered. He also urged the rights body to order for a probe into the woman’s death and compensation for Ketaki’s family.