The “chilling disregard” for human rights “displayed” by plainclothes squads constituted to fight narcotic crime ostensibly dominated the zero-hour discussion in Assembly on Thursday.
Moving an adjournment motion to debate “police brutality in the name of crime fighting,” Indian Union Muslim League (IUML) legislator N. Shamshudeen held a “shadowy” mufti police unit operating under the “direct command” of the District Police Chief (DPC) Malappuram, responsible for the “custodial murder” of Tamir Jifri, a 30-year-old, on August 1.
