The Kerala State Human Rights Commission (KSHRC) has taken a case in connection with the death of a woman after being stung by honey bees in the capital last month. A complaint alleged that despite approaching the Thiruvananthapuram Corporation to destroy the beehive, no action was taken.
Acting on the complaint by a kin of the deceased, identified as Vijayamma of Chempazhanthi, the commission directed an investigation against the police and the hospital authorities for releasing the body to the relatives without conducting a post-mortem examination.
Vijayamma died at the Government Medical College Hospital on January 13 while under treatment. Her son Sunil Kumar who had rushed to her aid and was also bitten by the bees is under treatment at the hospital. The incident happened on January 11.
