KOZHIKODE: Three tribal children, who were fishing in a stream near a paddy field around 4pm on Independence Day, were brutally beaten up by the landowner in Wayanad. Two seven-year-old boys and a six-year-old of Neikkuppa Chakkitapoyil Paniya colony were injured after he hit them with a stick.
Kenichira police registered a case against Radhakrishnan under SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act. He allegedly hit these kids saying that they were damaging the boundary ridge of his paddy field. Meanwhile, a relative of one of the kids, who saw the incident, said the kids were fishing in a nearby stream and the accused hit them on their legs and back without even asking them to move away.
