The State Human Rights Commission has registered a suo motu case based on media reports of Customs officials assaulting a private security guard at the parking ground of the Cochin International Airport on Monday.
The Ernakulam Rural Superintendent of Police has been directed to probe the case and file a report in a fortnight. The security guard was allegedly assaulted after he requested a Customs preventive officer not to park his two-wheeler in an area where parking was prohibited. The security guard had complained that he was assaulted by the officer and his colleagues at the ground and later inside a car.
The Nedumbassery police had registered a case.
