The Goa State Human Rights Commission has issued suo motu notice to the South Goa SP and the Chief Secretary over public stripping and beating up of suspected mobile thieves a couple of weeks ago.
The incident came to light through a video which went viral on WhatsApp and was broadcast on cable television news channels, triggering outrage in the State.
The notice issued by the Commission’s Secretary directs the police and State administration head to respond by July 1. The police have been accused of turning a blind eye to the incident. They finally took cognisance after an activist Aude Viegas registered a complaint with the South District Police a couple of days back.
The video shows two youngsters suspected as mobile thieves being stripped down to their underwear by the mob, beaten, humiliated, tied to motorcycles and being dragged around Cabo de Rama a rural hamlet, located 50 kms from the State capital Panaji.