The High Court on Monday stayed the survey for the National Highway expansion in Malappuram district following the police action on a physically challenged man who questioned the violation of COVID-19 protocol by the survey team.
Noushad Venniyoor, a polio victim, alleged that a group of policemen had roughed him up when he questioned the correctness of conducting the survey by violating the lockdown protocol.
A group of officers came with a large team of police personnel and forcibly continued the survey after pushing Mr. Noushad out of his compound.