Shocked by the recent attack on a woman health worker at night by two bike-borne assailants returning home from duty, the Kerala High Court on Wednesday directed the police to wear their socks to protect the lives of Covid-warriors like her. pull up. Dishonest element. A bench of Justices Devan Ramachandran and Kausar Edappagath said, “We are not taking this as a stand-alone issue. We are looking into it as this issue will have major implications for the future. Time has come to stop this.” “
The Bench was hopeful that the Court would take cognizance of the matter and signal such evil elements. On Monday night, a nursing assistant returning home on her two-wheeler after work in Alappuzha was attacked by two bike-borne assailants with intent to rob, but then they tried to kidnap her as she did not have any valuables, Police said.
The police station in-charge of Thrikunnapuzha police station told PTI on Tuesday that the assailants, who had resisted the kidnapping attempt, fled after seeing a police patrol approaching.
During the hearing, public prosecutor S Kannan told the bench that an FIR has been registered in connection with the incident and police are trying to identify the culprits.
He said it was a one-off incident.
Disagreeing with the contention, the bench said that it is a law and order issue, since a COVID warrior was attacked, it will consider the matter as part of its proceedings with regard to the recent attacks on doctors and health workers in hospitals. Considered as
The bench further observed that where COVID warriors and their services are concerned, it is the duty of the society to ensure that they are protected and kept away from harm.
“Obviously, the police now need to gear up and ensure adequate security to the lives of all these warriors,” the court said.
The bench perused the action taken report of the state police chief with regard to the court’s earlier directions relating to ensuring security of public and private hospitals and said that he has issued executive directions on September 20 to all his officers to take strict action. . In cases of attacks on health workers.
State police chief Anil Kant on August 27 directed all police commissioners and deputy commissioners of police to strengthen existing police support posts in hospitals and ensure round-the-clock surveillance by police in casualty and outpatient departments to prevent atrocities. Against doctors and healthcare workers, Kannan told the bench.
Thereafter, on September 20, the state police chief directed all SHOs to respond quickly and expeditiously to the complaints of hospitals or their staff and take necessary action without delay, the public prosecutor told the court.
The order of the state police chief comes in the wake of the High Court’s September 9 direction that prompt police response is necessary to ensure the safety of health professionals and prevent people from taking law into their own hands.
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